South Korean automaker Hyundai on Thursday announced plans to adopt electric vehicle giant Tesla’s charging standards, making it the newest in a number of automakers, adding Ford, General Motors, Honda and Polestar, to give its drivers Tesla’s developing network of superchargers as a competitor. Electric vehicles. Surge.
Hyundai has announced that it will equip its electric cars with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) starting next year. Chief Operating Officer Jose Munoz said the partnership would give drivers “confidence in their ability to seamlessly rate their cars” among some 30,000 North American charging stations, as electric vehicle brands continue to expand their charging networks, making it restrictive for long-distance travel.
Hyundai shares rose 4% on Thursday morning to around $39.
Honda’s electric vehicle fleet will also feature Tesla’s charging ports from 2025, the Japanese automaker said last month, stating that its electric vehicles made so far will come with a classic combined charging formula port, though in the meantime drivers can use Tesla’s North. American charger network using an adapter.
Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle drivers will also be able to rate their cars at more than 12,000 Tesla charging stations in North America with an adapter starting next year, while Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles manufactured from 2025 onwards will receive a charging port that matches Tesla’s qualifiers. , the German automaker announced in July.
Volkswagen has announced plans to adopt Tesla’s charging ports, board member Michael Steiner said in July, though the main points of a possible partnership between Tesla and Volkswagen, the maker of Audi, Bentley Bugatti and Porsche, have not been disclosed.
In June, Swedish automaker Polestar agreed to equip its electric cars with charging ports that fit those used in Tesla cars from 2025, while drivers will be able to access the chargers next year via an adapter.
Polestar’s announcement provides drivers with access to Tesla’s U. S. supercharger network. It comes just over a week after Rivian, an electric pickup truck and SUV maker founded in Irvine, California, announced that drivers will use Tesla’s charging stations in the U. S. The U. S. and Canada. Canada in the U. S. and Canada starting next spring.
Volvo, which owns a minority stake in Polestar and whose stated purpose is to produce an all-electric fleet through 2030, announced a similar deal with Tesla in June, giving XC40 or C40 EV Recharge owners access to Tesla charging stations through the use of an adapter. From the first part of 2024, long-term Volvo homeowners with a NACS charger will continue to use a popular Combined Charging System (CCS) charging station with an adapter.
Tesla has also opened its charging network to Ford and GM, while Toyota earlier this summer revealed plans to launch a new generation of electric cars to remain competitive.
That’s the number of fast chargers Tesla rival Rivian is trying to install at six hundred North American locations on its so-called Rivian Adventure Network, giving drivers 140 miles in about 20 minutes. The electric truck maker is also partnering with Tesla to provide its drivers with Tesla charging ports starting next year and plans to eventually build more than 10,000 high-power point-two chargers in the U. S. USA and Canada.
Toyota, which led the hybrid craze with its Prius but has been slow to adopt electric cars, unveiled its next generation of electric cars in June, pushing its inventory to an 11-month high. Tesla owner and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has also opened up the electric vehicle giant’s charging network to Ford and GM in recent weeks. Tesla’s inventories have soared more than 138% so far this year.
Tesla will incorporate General Motors into the charging network, just two weeks after ceding Ford to electric vehicle charging stations (Forbes)
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