- GM electric vehicles can now charge at more than 17,800 Tesla Supercharger stations
- Most superchargers will need a converter.
- Unlike Ford and Rivian, GM charges $225 for the conversion kit
General Motors announced Wednesday that it will begin shipping North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapters that will give electric vehicle owners access to more than 17,800 Tesla Supercharger DC fast-charging stations.
Car manufacturers follow Ford cars And Rivianbegan shipping the converters to customers free of charge last spring. But GM will charge customers $225 for the converters, which the automaker says will be available first in the United States and then in Canada later this year. GM notes that it is “leveraging multiple suppliers” to produce the converters, helping to ensure there are no supply bottlenecks.
GM electric vehicles will have access to Tesla Superchargers in 2024
According to GM, the Supercharger stations will also be integrated with GM’s in-vehicle charging apps, allowing drivers to use those apps to locate chargers, check charger status, and initiate and pay for charging. With the compatible Supercharger stations, GM says its customers will have access to 321,800 DC fast charging stations and Level 2 AC public charging stations in North America. Including some fast charging stop for long trips co-branded with EVgo.
GM has announced that it will adopt NACS by June 2023 in the second in a series of announcements by automakers planning to use Tesla charging portAt the time, GM said it would begin adding NACS ports to future electric vehicles in 2025. Meanwhile, Hyundai has added NACS port to Ioniq 5 for the 2025 model year.
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The introduction of the adapter marks the first step in GM’s move away from a charging standard it helped establish. GM was part of a coalition of automakers that helped create the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) in 2011 and was the first to install a CCS port in a production vehicle—the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV.
The NACS gateway may help GM customers access more stations, but it won’t solve all charging problems. As of June 2023, when GM announced NACS, there are actually more CCS connectors in the United States than NACS connectors. And while the Tesla Supercharger network continues to score high marks for reliability, that will only extend to non-Tesla electric vehicles if automakers and hardware suppliers can ensure interoperability between more vehicles and charging stations.
