NACS

Four of ChargePoint’s EV charger models can now support Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector cables. The Campbell, California-based EV infrastructure company posted on Twitter that NACS cables for its Express 250 DC fast charger are now available for EV charging site owners to order. The NACS cables can be retrofitted onto existing DC fast charger models because most ChargePoint stations offer modularity. Tesla drivers can currently use ChargePoint DC fast chargers with…

Rivian owners to juice up their electric trucks and SUVs, after a software update issued during the weekend. The company first , along with plans to include Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) ports in forthcoming vehicles. These ports won’t start showing up until 2025, so Rivian has also started a program to send Tesla-made NACS adapters to current customers.The adapters will be free of charge, which calls to mind the move Ford made last month as it continues to . Rivian will send out one free adapter per…

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla’s delivery estimates dropping, a NACS extension cable, a possible Fisker bankruptcy, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in.…

Tesla has confirmed that it is working on a NACS to NACS extension cable to fix the issues with Supercharging different electric vehicles with different charge port locations. With Tesla opening Superchargers to non-Tesla EV owners, starting with Ford, it is creating a new problem at charging stations. In North America, Superchargers were previously exclusively charging Tesla vehicles, which all have their charge ports at the same location: the back of the driver’s side. The Supercharger stalls…

Rivian gave us a quick 15 minutes with CEO RJ Scaringe to talk about the R2 and R3. Believe me, we took full advantage of that time to ask the pressing questions you told us you had in our watch party and many others. Some of his answers are the first we’ve heard on the matter. Rivian R3/X !!! It is hard to believe that this secret was kept so well. It is the sign of a company that has its act together and loyal employees. On Rivian R3 vs. R2, there is a contingent within the company…

Ford Ford announced last year that it would adopt the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for EV fast charging, granting Ford drivers access to the Tesla Supercharger network. Now, the automaker is providing a little more detail on exactly how that will work. In the original May 2023 announcement, Ford said owners of existing EVs — which use the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) instead of NACS — would be able to charge at Supercharger stations via an adapter. Today, the automaker announced that the adapter…

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. The new 2.6.0 app version adds a couple new features, like a home screen widget and vehicle health section that allows checking tire pressures from within the app. But more interestingly, it has been datamined to discover an animation showing the operation and design of the upcoming NACS adapter, which looks very similar to that…

Stellantis, the company that owns Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot, Ram, and many other automotive brands, has announced that it will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), which is currently being standardized as SAE J3400, for its electric vehicles (EVs) starting with select models in 2025. Stellantis was the only major car manufacturer that hadn’t adopted NACS. Most other car manufacturers, including Audi, BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen, have already adopted…

Stellantis has finally announced that it is joining everyone else in adopting the NACS for its upcoming electric vehicles in North America, but there’s no deal with Tesla for the Supercharger network. In 2022, Tesla opened up its proprietary connector, now known as NACS, in the hope of making it the official charging standard in North America. It took a while, but eventually, automakers got on board. It started with Ford, then GM, and then virtually every other automaker except for…

is the latest manufacturer to commit to using Tesla’s NACS (North American Charging Standard). The company was the last remaining holdout among major automakers, meaning the NACS is becoming a true common standard.According to , electric vehicles from Stellantis brands (which include Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Ram, Jeep and Alfa Romeo) will start using the NACS connector in select models next year. The automaker will also offer an adaptor for existing vehicles, meaning drivers will be able to charge using either NACS or…