What happens when charging gun interface standards are not unified? Non-uniform charging gun interface standard will bring many problems. Different brands and models of electric vehicles may adopt different charging interface standards, and vehicle owners may not be able to charge in time when travelling because they can’t find a suitable charging gun, especially during long-distance travels or when travelling to unfamiliar areas, this inconvenience will be even more prominent, which will seriously affect the user’s feeling of using new energy vehicles.
From the perspective of market development, this will hinder the further expansion of the new energy vehicle market. Consumers in the purchase of new energy vehicles, will take into account the convenience of charging facilities, interface standards are not uniform will make some consumers on the new energy vehicles deterred, reduce the willingness to buy, thus affecting the sales of new energy vehicles and market penetration.
For accessory manufacturers, they will be in an awkward and unfavourable situation. Due to the lack of uniformity in standards, accessory manufacturers need to produce a variety of different interface standards for charging guns and related accessories, which undoubtedly increases production costs. In order to meet the needs of different customers, manufacturers need to invest more money in R&D, production and inventory management.
It is difficult to accurately predict the demand for products with different interface standards in the market, which may lead to a backlog of some products and an oversupply of some products, which may in turn lead to vicious competition such as price wars. In order to compete for market share, vendors may keep lowering product prices and compressing profit margins, and some weaker accessory vendors may go out of business because they cannot withstand the pressure of competition.
From the perspective of industry regulation and safety, the lack of uniformity in standards is not conducive to the standardised management and safety of the industry. Different interface standards may lead to increased safety hazards in the charging process, all of which may cause charging accidents and pose a threat to vehicle and personnel safety.
What happens if the charging gun interface standards are not unified? Uniform standards are also not conducive to technological innovation and upgrading in the industry, and manufacturers may focus more on adapting to different standards and neglect the technological upgrading of the products themselves.
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