Nissan to adopt Tesla NACS in 2025
20 July 2023
Nissan is the latest OEM to reach an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) beginning in 2025, providing Nissan customers even more choices when it comes to charging their electric vehicle. Nissan is the first Japanese automaker to announce future product support for NACS.
From 2024, Nissan will make available a NACS charging adapter for Ariya models which are currently equipped with the Combined Charging System 1 (CCS1) for DC fast charging. This will enable customers to connect their vehicle's charging port to NACS plugs at compatible chargers.
Starting in 2025, Nissan will begin offering EVs for the US and Canadian markets with a NACS port. This will make charging on the Tesla Supercharger network seamless and convenient for drivers, significantly increasing the number of public fast-charging locations at which Nissan EVs can be charged.
As part of Ambition 2030, Nissan is targeting more than 40% of its US vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2030, with even more to be electrified. This includes two all-new, all-electric vehicles to be assembled at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, beginning in late 2025.
It's a good thing that North Americans are finally adopting a standard charging plug. Somewhat ironically, soon the only cars that won't be NACS-compatible will be older Teslas that don't support the CCS protocol used by NACS, along with CHAdeMO cars like the Leaf.
Presumably Tesla will still support their old protocol at Supercharger locations, but it won't be supported by any other NACS/CCS chargers.
Europeans are free to gloat, they solved the plug issue years ago (except for the Leaf).
Posted by: Bernard | 20 July 2023 at 05:59 AM