Will Automaker General Motors Adopt the Tesla standard for electric vehicle charging, named the North American Shipping Standard, General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced Thursday. Barra announced in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Musk was also CEO of Twitter until Monday, when Linda Iaccarino He took over, but still The company owns.)
General Motors will incorporate the NACs connector design into electric car Starting in 2025. And the collaboration with Tesla means GM EV drivers will have expanded access to chargers, and from early 2024 they’ll be able to use the 12,000 Tesla Superchargers located across North America. GM says its electric vehicle drivers currently use more than 134,000 chargers available through the company’s Ultium Charge 360 initiative and mobile apps.
“This collaboration is a key part of our strategy and an important next step in expanding rapid access to fast chargers for our customers,” Barra said in the statement. “Not only will it help make the transition to electric vehicles smoother for our customers, but it could help move the industry toward a single charging standard in North America.”
General Motors recently announced plans to officially end its production Chevrolet Bolt Electric, which was the most affordable electric vehicle on the market when it was introduced in 2017. The Bolt made history as the market’s first battery electric vehicle under $50,000 with a range of over 200 miles. But after reports emerged of spontaneous fires involving its LG battery pack, the Bolt was vulnerable to full recallproduction was halted for the better part of the year, and in 2021, GM advised the owners Standing outdoors—and at least 50 feet away from other vehicles—”in the rare event of a possible fire.”
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How to use Tesla chargers if you have a GM EV
If you drive a GM EV, you will need an adapter to use Tesla Superchargers beginning in early 2024.
Starting in 2025, the first GM EVs will include a NACS entrance for direct access to Tesla Superchargers without an adapter.
GM will then provide adapters for drivers of NACS-enabled vehicles to allow charging on existing industry standard charging stations, called CCS for Combined Charging System.
General Motors’ announcement that it will use Tesla’s charging standard comes on the heels of a car Similar agreement between rival Ford and Tesla. This partnership was announced in late May.
CNET Features a A guide to home electric vehicle chargingplus a directory of 12 retail chains that offer Charging electric vehicles while shoppingand look at the number Electric vehicle charging stations US offers.
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