CCS Type 2

E79904

CCS Type 2 is a widely used European fast-charging connector standard for electric vehicles that combines AC and DC charging in a single plug based on the Type 2 interface.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of CCS Type 2 (CCS Type 2 is a widely used European fast-charging connector standard for electric vehicles that combines AC and DC charging in a single plug based on the Type 2 interface.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
CCS 4
CCS Type 2 canonical 4
CCS2 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Combined Charging System variant ⓘ
EV fast-charging interface ⓘ
electric vehicle charging connector standard ⓘ
adoptedAsStandardBy European Union for DC fast charging on new EVs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CCS Combo 2 ⓘ
linked to: Combo 2

CCS2 ⓘ
Combo 2 ⓘ
basedOn Type 2 connector ⓘ
benefit reduces need for multiple charging inlets on vehicles ⓘ
compatibleWith IEC 62196-2 Type 2 interface ⓘ
connectorGender charging plug is male ⓘ
vehicle inlet is female ⓘ
designedFor Mode 3 AC charging ⓘ
Mode 4 DC charging ⓘ
distinguishedFrom CCS Type 1 ⓘ
CHAdeMO connector ⓘ
GB/T DC connector ⓘ
feature combined AC and DC charging in a single inlet ⓘ
two additional DC power pins below Type 2 AC interface ⓘ
governingBody CharIN e.V. ⓘ
interoperableWith Type 2 AC-only plugs for AC charging ⓘ
introducedFor harmonizing AC and DC charging in Europe ⓘ
partOf Combined Charging System (CCS) ⓘ
pinCount 7 pins for AC plus 2 large DC pins ⓘ
regionUsed Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
parts of Asia ⓘ
safetyFeature control pilot pin for signaling ⓘ
locking mechanism on vehicle inlet ⓘ
proximity detection pin ⓘ
standardizedIn IEC 62196-3 ⓘ
supportsChargingMode AC charging ⓘ
DC fast charging ⓘ
supportsCommunicationProtocol PLC (Power Line Communication) ⓘ
supportsCommunicationStandard DIN 70121 ⓘ
ISO 15118 ⓘ
supportsCurrent up to several hundred amperes DC (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
supportsFeature plug-and-charge (with ISO 15118) in some implementations ⓘ
supportsPhase single-phase AC ⓘ
three-phase AC ⓘ
supportsPowerLevel up to 350 kW DC in HPC implementations ⓘ
supportsVoltage up to around 1000 V DC (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
typicalLocationOnVehicle side-mounted charging port ⓘ
typicalUse high-power highway charging corridors ⓘ
public DC fast charging stations ⓘ
usedBy many European electric light commercial vehicles ⓘ
many European electric passenger cars ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tesla Supercharger network → chargingStandard → CCS2 (Europe and some other regions) ⓘ
linked to: CCS Type 2
Combo 2 → alsoKnownAs → CCS2 ⓘ
linked to: CCS Type 2
CHAdeMO → competesWith → CCS ⓘ
linked to: CCS Type 2
Mercedes-Benz EQS → chargingPort → CCS ⓘ
subject linked to: EQS
linked to: CCS Type 2
CharIN e.V. → focusesOn → CCS ⓘ
linked to: CCS Type 2
DIN 70121 → appliesTo → CCS Type 2 ⓘ
Combined Charging System → hasVariant → CCS Type 2 ⓘ
subject linked to: CCS