In a one-of-a-kind partnership announced by General Motors earlier today, it is now confirming that it will use Tesla's NACS charging ports to allow more people to use this standard connector in their cars. The goal is to bring more EV power stations to use, particularly with the many Superchargers available to the public, with GM's EVs eligible to use it.
The latest venture was announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and GM CEO Mary Barra in a Twitter Spaces discussion earlier today.
General Motors Adopts Tesla's NACS EV Charger in New Partnership
In the recent online episode of Musk's Spaces podcast, he is joined by GM's Mary Barra to discuss a new partnership that would help all users of electric vehicles. Here, the GM CEO announced that the company had partnered with Tesla and is working together to adopt the North America Charging Standard (NACS) for GM EVs.
The discussion had both executives of the leading EV companies in the country talking about standardizing EV chargers, allowing the public to access them via the NACS port.
GM's adoption of the NACS opens up possibilities for all its EVs to charge anywhere, particularly with the spread out locations of Telsla's charging stations in the country.
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GM to Provide NACS to CCS Adapter Soon, NACS Integration Too
GM's latest tweet seals the deal for all its users and confirms its recent discussion with Tesla to bring the NACS charger for all. In this initiative, starting 2024, all CCS-equipped cars from GM would have access to adapters that will help transition the use of all existing General Motor EVs now.
The company also announced that by 2025, the NACS would be available on GM cars without the need for adapters.
Great to work with you! https://t.co/lDQUlSWrRt
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 8, 2023
GM highlighted that this move promotes user convenience and diminishes the competition between the two clean energy car companies.
Tesla's Charging Port is Now Standard for Two Companies
Back in 2022, Tesla announced that it is sharing its EV charger design with more companies so that they may apply it to their clean energy cars and have it standard across North America. This is one of the boldest moves that Tesla made to make their tech available to many, with its ambitious goals to standardize EV charging in the region.
In another partnership with the White House, under the Made-in-America EV initiative, Tesla is also tapped to open 7,500 of its charging stations to all EVs in the country. It further solidifies Tesla's goals of making its EV chargers a standard, allowing different brands to tap into the power from the clean energy company's widely-available stations.
Among those who adopted Tesla's EV charging port is Ford, the first competitor to partner with the company to bring its electric car charging ports to use the NACS.
Now, General Motors is joining the cause, with two car companies looking to share the proprietary tech from Tesla, partnering with the clean energy company and ditching its CCS use. With this initiative, the North American region would not have a problem charging despite having different branded cars, allowing for more access and reducing range anxiety for all.
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