north american charging standard

The Volkswagen Group is the latest automaker to announce it will adopt Tesla’s so-called North American Charging Standard (NACS), marking one of the last major automakers to embrace what is now the de facto EV plug in the United States.  The German giant said Tuesday that future vehicles in its portfolio of brands — including Audi, Porsche and the group’s upstart EV play Scout Motors — will get the NACS charge port built-in starting in 2025.  While Volkswagen Group was one of the last holdouts,…

Tesla's electric charging network has long pleased electric car mavens. But Elon Musk's "superchargers" are now winning endorsements from a more unlikely group: other auto companies.Ford was the first to announce a partnership with Musk in late May, followed by General Motors earlier this month. On Tuesday, EV truck company Rivian joined the bandwagon, saying it looks forward "to continuing to find new ways to accelerate EV adoption." Under the partnerships, Musk has agreed to let consumers with autos from rival brands…

The White House on Friday said electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations using Tesla standard plugs would be eligible for billions of dollars in federal subsidies as long as they included the US charging standard connection, CCS, as well.The statement follows separate announcements by US automakers Ford Motor and General Motors that they were adopting the Tesla model of charging, known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). The moves shake up a charging industry that looked like it was drifting toward the rival CCS…