Vrede too wrote:What's the solution?
Much the same as with other new technology: Either get everyone to agree on a standard, or everyone throws money at competing standards until one wins.
DVDs for example. There were two prominent competing standards, but the issue was settled (with a surfing competition) before they went to market.
Or HDTV: A collection of standards duct-taped together before going to market. Three different resolutions. Each in interlaced format for backward compatibility and non-interlaced format for quality. With HDCP DRM added later making the first few years of HD devices obsolete.
HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray didn't get settled before going to market. Apparently because both sides were in a rush to get established, because there were even better technologies coming down the pipeline.
Best guess: The Volkswagen situation may encourage those already producing charging stations to duct-tape their standards together. All chargers working with both Teslas and non-Teslas, with adapters at the charger itself.