Type 2 connector

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IEC 62196 Type 2

Female (vehicle connector) Combo2 – DC Charger (left) and Normal Type 2 – 1‒3 phase AC Charger (right).
Type	Electric vehicle charging
Production history
Designer	Mennekes
Designed	2009
Produced	2013
General specifications
Length	200 millimetres (7.9 in)
Diameter	70 millimetres (2.8 in)
Width	70 millimetres (2.8 in)
Height	63 millimetres (2.5 in)
Pins	7 (1 earth, 3 line phases, 1 neutral, 2 signalling)
Connector	VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2
Electrical
Signal	DC, 1‒3 phase AC
Earth	Dedicated pin
Max. voltage	480 V
Max. current	300 A
Data
Data signal	SAE J1772#Signaling: Resistive / Pulse-width modulation
Pinout
Pinouts for Type 2 female (charging station outlet/vehicle connector) and male (vehicle inlet/outlet side plug) electric vehicle charging plugs
PP	Proximity pilot	pre-insertion signalling
CP	Control pilot	post-insertion signalling
PE	Protective earth	full-current protective earthing system—6-millimetre (0.24 in) diameter
N	Neutral	single-/three-phase AC / DC-mid
L1	Line 1	single-/three-phase AC / DC-mid
L2	Line 2	three-phase AC / DC-mid
L3	Line 3	three-phase AC / DC-mid
Combo 2 extension adds two extra high-current DC pins underneath and does not use the AC pins.

The IEC 62196 Type 2 connector (often referred to as Mennekes for the company that designed it) is used for charging electric vehicles, mainly within Europe, as it was declared standard by the EU. Based on widespread red IEC 60309 three phase plugs with five pins, which come in different diameters according to maximum current (most common are 16 A and 32 A), a single size was selected, as maximum possible power will be communicated to the car via two additional communication pins and by a simple resistor coding within the cable. The onboard charger inside the car has to limit the current accordingly.

The connector is circular in shape, with a flattened top edge; the original design specification carried an output electric power of 3–50 kW for charging battery electric vehicles using single-phase (230V) or three-phase (400V) alternating current (AC), with a typical maximum of 32 A 7.2 kW using single-phase AC and 22 kW with three-phase AC in common practice.^[1] The plugs have openings on the sides that allow both the car and the charger to lock the plug automatically to prevent unwanted interruption of charging, or theft of the cable.

As modified by Tesla for its European Supercharger network (up to Version 2), it is capable of outputting 150 kW using direct current (DC) via two pins each, with a switch inside the Tesla Model S or X car selecting the required mode. Since 2019, Tesla has adopted the CCS2 connector on their Version 3 Superchargers (outputting 250 kW), including a second cable for CCS support on Version 2 Superchargers, on all European models of the Model 3 and Y, with a hardware upgrade and adapter for pre-2019 Model S and X vehicles,^[2] and since 2022 on Model S and X as the new connector.^[3]