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and SUV – has indicated it will adopt the NACS port by 2025, the same calendar year Ford and GM have said they plan to do the same. In even bigger news, there is rumbling that Hyundai, another giant in the EV field, is also considering making the switch to NACS. Alert readers will note that where Hyundai goes, Kia usually follows. Add to the list Stellantis, which told Reuters it “continue[s] to evaluate the NACS standard and look[s] forward to discussing more in the future.
By the way, the so-called “North American Charging Standard” isn’t technically a standard at all — that’s just the name Musk & Co. decided to call their solution. For something, especially an electrical plug or outlet, to be formally called a standard in the eyes of Very Serious People, it must wade through umpteen different regulatory bodies and tests. This is not to say the Tesla connector is unsafe or ill-conceived .
But just going ahead and calling it a “standard” is like inventing a new way to grill burgers in yer backyard and waiting successfully for huge companies like Traeger and Weber to adopt your line of thinking. Or, more apt to the car world, if Irving Oil was in the business of making cars and shaped their filler necks to only accept their branded gas pumps — then waited for Esso and Chevron to change their cars to match.
While there was huge incentive to get those chargers up and running, their maintenance has appeared to take a back seat after these companies got the federal funds and made the land grab. They’re all in for a rude awakening if drivers defectto Supercharger stations — even if other ones are retrofitted with NACS plugs, or adapters are included as an interim solution.
Whatever happens, this author is cheering the fact many EV manufacturers are settling on a single style of charging port. It’s a rare instance of companies working together for the greater good of customers, though they’re all surely getting something out of the deal, so it’s not completely altruistic. Tesla is probably raking in some cash, legacy manufacturers are getting access to new tech, and customers are afforded a bit of extra convenience in this rare triple-play of wins.
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