Nissan turns to Tesla NACS, GM struggles to produce EVs, Bosch and hydrogen ICE: Today’s Car News
GM EV production remains sluggish. Bosch sees hydrogen internal combustion as part of the future for trucks. And Nissan is the latest to use Tesla’s charging port. This and more, at Green Car Reports.
The list of automakers that confirm the switch to Tesla’s NACS charging connector continues to grow. Nissan on Wednesday has become Japan’s first automaker plans to adopt NACS on new electric vehicles arriving in the U.S. in 2025, with converters due in 2024.
GM has halt production of BrightDrop . electric trucks at the assembly plant in Canada due to reported battery shortages — all while the automaker claims to be ramping up. In the second quarter, GM sold less than 2,000 of its EVs that weren’t Chevy Bolt EVs or soon-to-be discontinued EUVs.
And supplier Bosch, once at the center of VW’s diesel scandal, has major investment in fuel cell technology—and combustion in hydrogen. It plans to manufacture fuel cell components in South Carolina, while it sees hydrogen combustion, which is not completely zero emissions, as part of its transition away from diesel.
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