Next up, USB-C standard for charging electric vehicles!

[mschomm@bonn.social]

@catsalad Would love the EU to make USB-C PD charging mandatory e.g. for e-bikes and e-scooters. These proprietary chargers are big, heavy, and a general PITA.

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@catsalad SSSHHHH!!!

Oh geez, what if someone heard you? You know they'd actually try to do it...

[breizh@pleroma.breizh.pm]

@catsalad@infosec.exchange Well, electric bicycles are vehicles. And there is already some electric bicycles that support USB-C charging.

So…

[yadt@tech.lgbt]

@catsalad

USB-CAR

[ujay68@mastodon.world]

@catsalad In Fiat 500s at least … 🤭

[isol@mastodon.au]

@catsalad

Isn't USB only for buses?

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@catsalad USB-C MAX

[isocat@tiggi.es]

Did you know‽ The USB (now "USB-A") connector's design was inspired by the twist-tie, which doesn't open when twisted one way _or_ the other until unknowable things align along indescribable axes in inaccessable dimensions.

@catsalad

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@catsalad
350kW USB-Very-Fast-Charge

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@julie @catsalad
See, I'm excited to plug my phone into 350kW. Flash charge, indeed.

[robotdiver@starlite.rodeo]

@catsalad

Nothing like 16 years for a single charge.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@silvermoon82 @julie InstaCharge!

[tiempo@todon.eu]

@catsalad I think only a USB-C could fix me...

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@catsalad @julie
Fwoosh!

[marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt]

@catsalad Is it just me, or do USB-C cables have a shorter life than the older varieties? I keep having to replace them. More vulnerable to internal fraying or something?

[hardcorelinuxuser@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad Interesting idea! If you are in a desert with a Tesla car and a laptop, you can use it to charge the car.

[at@mathstodon.xyz]

@catsalad There are plenty of Bosch 36V ≤4A e-bike chargers that have no business not being on USB-C (if only USB chargers had the same satisfying contactor ka-chunk…)

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@quixoticgeek @catsalad it’s actually even harder to do than you may be imagining because the Apple car is all rounded edges, except that one edge that’s basically razor sharp.

[seealdaeoh@cupoftea.social]

@catsalad Sounds like a hot tip?

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@at

I've not seen these connectors. Are they rainproof in a way that USB is not? EV charging connectors do try to be at least rain-resistant, and I've charged my EV in rain without getting a jolt.

@catsalad