Electrify America is adding NACS chargers to more of its busiest stations

Electrify America is taking the next step in its shift to the North American Charging Standard (NACS), expanding its pilot program to more of its busiest charging stations in California and along the East Coast.

The charging network currently has NACS pilot stations in Connecticut and Florida. Later this month, Electrify America will begin adding NACS connectors to five large-format charging hubs in California by converting some existing CCS connectors. That means those stations will continue serving CCS-equipped EVs while also supporting the growing number of EVs that come with native NACS ports.

The California sites are:

• Harrison Street Flagship in San Francisco
• Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara
• Fashion Valley Mall South in San Diego
• Santa Monica Station
• Santa Barbara Flagship

Electrify America said some chargers at those locations will briefly go offline while the connector conversions are completed. (As I previously covered, the Santa Barbara Flagship just came online a couple of weeks ago. I wonder why Electrify America didn’t just install the NACS connectors to begin with? Update: Electrify America told me there was a NACS connector installation scheduling issue, and it wanted to open it to the CCS drivers immediately.)

Later this summer, the company will convert four California charging stations to use only NACS connectors:

• La Mirada
• Albertsons in Arcadia
• Bank of America in Santa Ana
• Target in Diamond Bar

Electrify America didn’t explain why those four locations were chosen for an all-NACS configuration, but the move will give the company a chance to evaluate how dedicated NACS stations perform as more automakers switch to the charging standard.

The rollout will also expand to the East Coast later this summer. Electrify America will convert some CCS connectors to NACS at five additional locations:

• Wakefern ShopRite 140 in Wyckoff, New Jersey
• Urban Edge Tonnelle Commons in North Bergen, New Jersey
• Wakefern ShopRite 111 in Nutley, New Jersey
• Wakefern ShopRite 407 in Yardley, Pennsylvania
• Wawa Store 0219 in Bristol, Pennsylvania

Once the new connectors are installed, drivers will be able to find NACS-equipped stations in the Electrify America app and website, as well as through Google Maps and participating automaker apps. Chargers with NACS connectors will also be clearly labeled so drivers can easily identify them (see the photo above).

For now, Electrify America, which has the largest open non-Tesla DC fast-charging network in the US, is treating the rollout as a pilot rather than a network-wide conversion. But with the expansion to some of its busiest charging sites, it’s another sign that NACS is becoming the default charging connector across the US.

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