Volvo Cars opening access to more than 17,800 NACS charging points through Tesla Supercharger Network
30 October 2024
Volvo Cars is opening access to more than 17,800 Tesla Supercharger stations in the US and Canada. These new charging points come in addition to Volvo drivers’ existing access to tens of thousands of fast-charge points.
Charging at Tesla Superchargers and other North American Charging Standard (NACS) chargers will be enabled by an adapter included with the purchase of a new Volvo EX90 flagship SUV, EX40 or EC40 fully electric vehicle starting with model year 2025.
NACS adapters are also available to drivers of current fully electric Volvo cars and can be ordered at authorized Volvo Cars retailers in the United States and Canada for US$230/CA$310 MSRP. Adapters will begin shipping to retailers on 18 November 2024. Availability of adapters for the EX30 will be announced later.
With the Volvo Cars app, drivers of fully electric Volvo cars in the United States and Canada can find tens of thousands of public charging stations, get real-time information on availability of chargers, and pay for their charging session through one single interface, making charging a Volvo car easy. Charging stations—and directions to them—can also be found by asking the Google Assistant in the infotainment system.
Progress - but one does wonder what Tesla will charge out-of-network EVs per KWHr. It may get you home, but it may be more expensive than ICE...
Posted by: D | 30 October 2024 at 07:55 AM
It will still be much less expensive than gasoline. If anything, this makes the US charging market more competitive, with a single charging connector (like Europe and China already have). Tesla's isn't the only credible charging network anymore, so consumers will have lots of choices.
Posted by: Bernard | 31 October 2024 at 05:23 AM