The Combined Charging System is a charging station standard for plug-in electric vehicles that uses the Combo 1 or Combo 2 connectors, which are extensions of the IEC 62196 Type 1 and Type 2 alternati
CCS1 (Combined Charging System Combo 1) plug as used in North America. It is an extension of the J1772 standard AC charging connector.
CCS Combo 1 vehicle inlet showing the J1772 and the two DC fast-charging pins
Connectors: Incomplete Combo 2 (left) showing the two large direct current (DC) pins below, while the four alternating current (AC) pins for neutral and three-phase are removed, while the signal pins of Type 2 remain, compared to IEC Type 2 (right).
Typical Combined Charging System (Combo 2) vehicle inlet
CHAdeMO is a fast-charging system for battery electric vehicles, developed in 2010 by the CHAdeMO Association, formed by the Tokyo Electric Power Company and five major Japanese automakers. The name i
Combined Charging System
…various functions for the charging process such as load balancing and charge authorization. Competing charging systems for high-power DC charging include CHAdeMO (widely used in Japan, previously used in North America and Europe), GB/T (China), and the North American Charging System developed by Tesla. The revival…
CHAdeMO connector (left), with the competing Combined Charging System (CCS) Combo 2 connector (middle), and the AC Type 2 connector (right)
A TEPCO branded charger in Vacaville, California, United States
A charging site in Quebec, Canada with a 50 kW CHAdeMO / CCS "combo" DC fast charger and a Level 2 AC connector.
A "combo" fast charger station with Type 2, CHAdeMO, and CCS connectors