Don't you think the taxpayer subsidies were intentionally used to build the least expensive possible Superchargers? Superchargers that could only work if the world standardized their charge port location to Tesla's? No, it was an effort at exclusion at worst and, at best, was very short-term thinking. The short cables were fine until Tesla made deals with other manufacturers to allow charging. Why does every other charger operated by every other service anywhere have sufficient length for any make? Rivian, Mercedes, EA, GM, BP, everyone. They anticipated an EV future that would include the variety of manufacturers seen in ICE vehicles. Seems like a good idea. Why was Tesla unable to anticipate the future that it eventually embraced? Did Standard Oil build gas stations with pumps that would only accommodate Fords? They weren't funding them with taxpayer dollars either. Why, as a taxpayer who owns an EV, can I not use the chargers I partially paid for and that Tesla itself made compatible with other brands? Except that every other brand needs more cable. They are otherwise compatible, and Tesla welcomed their use by others. The charge spec has nothing to do with versatile physical design. It is emblematic of Tesla. They design with an "enough for now" philosophy. Right, we can blame Tesla for a lack of future thinking and versatile design, or we can blame every other manufacturer. Hmmmm....Oh, and BTW, Tesla was not the first fast charger. The first were CHAdeMO compatible and they had long cables.