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On Thursday morning, Hyundai announced that it is the automaker that is behind in adopting popular North American charging for its battery electric vehicles. Developed through Tesla, the NACS opened late last year and, since last May, many automakers have pledged to ditch the popular existing combined charging plug in favor of the smaller, lighter NACS alternative, as well as bargaining deals with Tesla’s powerful Supercharger network.
Ford was the first, and all subsequent announcements followed the same pattern: local NACS ports integrated into new electric vehicles starting in 2025, with a CCS-NACS adapter available in 2024 to allow electric vehicles from other brands to qualify at Superrater stations.
Today’s schedule is different, just to make sure we’re paying attention to it. Hyundai says it will start building NACS ports (rather than CCS1) on “completely new or refreshed Hyundai electric vehicles” for the US market in the fourth quarter of 2024. , and Canadian electric vehicles will follow suit in the early part of 2025.
Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2025 an adapter will be available that will allow existing Hyundai electric vehicles with CCS1 ports to qualify on Superraters or other NACS rapid testers, Hyundai says.
“Our collaboration with Tesla marks a milestone in our commitment to deliver exceptional electric vehicle reporting to our customers,” said Jose Munoz, president and chief operating officer of Hyundai Motor Company and president and chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor North America. “This new alliance will provide Hyundai’s electric vehicle owners with confidence in their ability to seamlessly qualify their cars and complements our joint venture to create a new high-power charging network with at least 30,000 stations across North America.
It had been speculated that Hyundai had hesitated to sign up for the NACS and negotiate access to the Supercharger network, as its latest generation of electric vehicles runs on 800V; Tesla’s existing third-generation Superchargers run on 400V, the fourth-generation appliance is believed to be. to be in motion. have a nominal power of 1,000 V.
But while Hyundai’s E-GMP batteries are rated at 800V, the platform has been designed to also be able to use 400V chargers through the motor and inverter to convert the 400V to 800V power of the battery.
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