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Solving the EV Charging Standard War with a Spiral of USB-C Ports
Hardware Post #7639, on Jan 20, 2026 in TG

Solving the EV Charging Standard War with a Spiral of USB-C Ports

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A meme showing a red car's fuel cap area opened to reveal a black charging port panel densely packed with dozens of USB-C ports arranged in a spiral pattern. The text at the top reads 'Instead of fighting over a new car charging standard why don't we just use a bunch USB C cables.' The image satirizes the ongoing EV charging standard wars (CCS, CHAdeMO, NACS/Tesla) by suggesting the absurd but technically amusing solution of using the universal USB-C connector -- just a whole lot of them to handle the amperage needed for vehicle charging

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Sure, each USB-C delivers 240W. You only need about 400 of them for a supercharger. Finally, a use case for USB hubs
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Sure, each USB-C delivers 240W. You only need about 400 of them for a supercharger. Finally, a use case for USB hubs

  2. @deimossos 5mo

    maybe we should upgrade the type-c standard to allow 2kw of power?

    1. @deimossos 5mo

      like megapd

      1. @SamsonovAnton 5mo

        gigapd 🤓 (USB Type D — for Doc Brown)

    2. @kkirisora 5mo

      https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1qgms5v/comment/o0djemj

    3. @sandor73 5mo

      this would also improve the field of dildonics

  3. @ArchangelRaphael666 5mo

    no, use magsafe

  4. @fsilvasaber3d 5mo

    trypophobia

    1. @pulsar_sp 5mo

      poor soul, if this pic is really inducing it to you there's literally no circles/visible holes of any kind...

  5. @RaySollium99 5mo

    USB-C sucks

  6. @RaySollium99 5mo

    Hot take: If Lightning wasn't stuck at USB 2 *and* proprietary to Apple it'd be a million times better then USB-C. But at the very least it's not MicroUSB

    1. @feedable 5mo

      hot take: if lightning wasn't shit, it wouldn't be shit

      1. @feedable 5mo

        profound.

        1. @Dark_Embrace 5mo

          O, fdbl. Had you left of all it_chats?

          1. @feedable 5mo

            part left, part banned from

            1. @feedable 5mo

              out of it_chats I think i'm only the typescript one, and the compilers one

            2. @Dark_Embrace 5mo

              unlucky. can't remember you being super-toxic in chats.

              1. @feedable 5mo

                well, the story goes like this, i dared to disagree with an admin of an alex fails owned c++ chat, that admin banned me, i raised a fuss about it, alex fails got angry with me and banned me everywhere he could reach me

      2. @ahmubashshir 5mo

        s/shit$/lightning/

        1. @feedable 5mo

          this

    2. @RadoRaccoon 5mo

      ehhhhhh, it wouldn't be that much better

  7. @WinniePooh_Xi 5mo

    use Qi

  8. @paranoidPhantom 5mo

    Lightning 4 life

  9. @RadoRaccoon 5mo

    the big thing lightning had over microusb is that it was reversible and wasn't fragile as shit - both things usb-c also does

  10. @NaNmber 5mo

    thanks grok, that's obviously what I wanted there, gj 👍

    1. @Diotost 5mo

      Try using word sockets.

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