General Motors will Adopt the Tesla standard for electric vehicle charging, called the North American Freight Standard, GM CEO Mary Barra said Thursday. Barra announced the news in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who also He owns Twitter He was the CEO of the social network until Monday when Linda Iaccarino took over.
General Motors will incorporate the NACs connector design into electric car starting in 2025. The collaboration with Tesla also means GM EV drivers will have greater access to chargers as they will be able to use the 12,000 Tesla Superchargers located across North America starting in early 2024. GM says EV drivers currently have They use more than 134,000 charging devices 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.”
Despite agreements between General Motors, Ford and Tesla, the White House is on Friday Rose repeat Its announcement in February that Electric vehicle chargers must be universal Include CCS contacts if they want federal funding. $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Passed in November 2021 Allocates $7.5 billion to create 500,000 public electric chargers across the United States by 2030.
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. Beginning in 2025, the first GM EVs will include a NACS input 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 Tesla and Ford’s competitor General Motors. 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 shopping And look at the number Electric vehicle charging stations US offers.
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