When does Tesla NOT make a splash? Elon Musk’s ability to continually remain top-of-mind, whether it’s for his personal exploits or his companies, often comes across as more of an ongoing publicity stunt than real substance. But this is one of those times where the news has some real impact for us.
In the last few weeks, several of the major auto brands have jumped on the bandwagon to adopt Tesla’s NACS connector on their upcoming electric vehicles. To date, Ford, GM, Rivian, Polestar, and possibly VW have made moves to Tesla’s port. So what’s the impact?
The adoption of the NACS charge port has the potential to open up most or all of Tesla’s massive Supercharger network to non-Tesla vehicles. This has two distinct advantages for the would-be EV buyer:
- With more than 40,000 charging locations – including Superchargers and destination chargers – Tesla easily has the largest network for charging in North America.
- The reliability of Superchargers is dominant. According to JD Power, over 1 in 5 EV drivers cannot charge at a non-Tesla charging station; for Tesla, that number is as low as 4 percent.
And that doesn’t even count the fact that the NACS standard has a specification that is approved for up to 500 kWh!
Between the pervasive existence of Tesla chargers, and their overall higher reliability, this is a win-win for EV drivers everywhere.
Read the details here:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784541/vw-toyota-tesla-nacs-ev-charging-plug-standard
