Ford is giving EV owners more time to reserve a free Tesla NACS adaptor. The deadline is being pushed back another two months as Ford EV drivers wait to access Tesla’s Supercharger network.
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A Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 have been spotted at a supercharger, but not charging with an adapter – this time they were using a native NACS port, suggesting native NACS support could be coming soon.
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Tesla’s NACS support webpage now lists Mercedes along other automakers in its “coming soon” section, though the timeline for Supercharger support has been pushed back for other automakers as Tesla sorts through a chaotic reorganization of its charging team at the behest of CEO Elon Musk.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is causing chaos in the EV industry by firing Tesla’s entire charging team, which may lead some automakers to reconsider their plans to adopt the NACS plug. But NACS is just a better standard, and the industry should move forward on it, even if Tesla waffles with its commitment.
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Rivian has promised free NACS adapters will be sent out to its owners, and it’s starting that process now.
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Four of ChargePoint’s EV charger models can now support Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector cables.
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Rivian’s new app update has been datamined, leaking some details about how the upcoming NACS connector will look and how it will interface with Tesla’s charging networks.
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Mazda is the latest automaker to announce that it will adopt NACS, Tesla’s open-source charging standard.
It’s going to Mazda’s very few EVs access to Tesla Superchargers.
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The Federal Highway Administration announced today that it will seek feedback on how government rules should be updated to account for the new NACS/J3400 charging standard, potentially unlocking $7.5 billion in federal subsidies for the Tesla-developed charging connector.
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VW, Audi, and Porsche have all committed to using the Tesla-developed NACS connector starting in 2025. It’s one of the last dominos to fall towards universal adoption of the connector.
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SAE has followed through on its plan to finish its NACS certification by the end of the year, and the NACS standard is now ready to go. And the new standard promises to solve a lot of charging problems in one fell swoop.
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Lucid Motors just announced it is the latest EV automaker to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS). By integrating the charging standard originated by Tesla, Lucid will eventually be able to offer its customers access to over 15,000 Superchargers in North America alone.
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Japanese automaker Subaru finally made the announcement everyone’s been waiting for. Subaru will adopt Tesla’s NACS charging ports for its EVs starting in 2025.
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Global EV charging network ChargePoint has officially opened up its AC and DC piles to the most prominent electric brand on the road – Tesla. Following an announcement this past summer, ChargePoint is now deploying NACS connectors, enabling Tesla drivers to replenish without needing to bring their own adapters.
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BMW Group is the latest legacy automaker to confirm it will adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), delivering EV drivers in the US and Canada access to Tesla’s Supercharger network.
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Mere days after seeing Hyundai, Genesis and Kia EVs charging at Tesla Superchargers, all three of the brands under the Hyundai Motor Group umbrella have confirmed a pivot to the North American Charging Standard (NACS).
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Hyundai, Kia and Genesis vehicles were spotted doing a photoshoot while “charging” at a Supercharger today, leading to speculation about whether the brands may be ready to announce a joint move to Tesla’s NACS charging connector.
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Jaguar announced that it has signed a deal with Tesla to get access to the Supercharger network. The British automaker also agreed to adopt the Tesla-designed NACS connector in North America.
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Honda announced that it will adopt the Tesla-designed NACS connector in its electric vehicles in North America.
The Japanese automaker had already signaled that the move to NACS was coming, but now it has secured a deal with Tesla.
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Honda has confirmed that its and Acura’s vehicles in North America will adopt NACS, a charging connector designed by Tesla’s NACS.
That move is driven by GM’s own adoption of the charging standard and Honda’s dependence on GM’s EV platform in North America.
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Tier 1 automotive supplier Webasto Group is once again helping expedite EV adoption by introducing a new North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector across its entire portfolio of charging technologies. Many other OEMs have recently committed to the standard created by Tesla, but this is our first physical glimpse at a company’s new NACS charging connector.
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Nissan is adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) starting in 2025, the first Japanese automaker to make the move.
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SAE has voted unanimously to form a task force to expedite its NACS standardization process, and thinks that this process could finish by the end of the year – much earlier than we expected. We spoke with the chair of the task force for some insight on what the process might look like.
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Mercedes-Benz announced the adoption of Tesla’s NACS connector in its electric vehicles in North America starting in 2025.
It is the first German automaker to jump on board.
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