Nissan to use Tesla’s NACS charging connector for its EVs in Canada, US from 2025 for Supercharger access

Nissan has announced it has reached an statement with Tesla to follow the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its electrical vehicles (EVs) opening successful 2025. This is to supply customers with much choices erstwhile it comes to charging arsenic they volition besides beryllium capable to pat into the expansive Tesla Supercharger network.

Nissan is the archetypal Japanese carmaker to denote aboriginal merchandise enactment for NACS. The institution joins Mercedes-Benz and Volvo, which besides said it volition follow the connector, on with Ford, General Motors, Rivian and a fig of EV charging companies.

In 2025, Nissan volition statesman selling EVs for the United States and Canadian markets with a NACS port. Before then, the institution says volition marque disposable a NACS charging adapter truthful existent Ariya models with the CCS1 charging larboard tin beryllium connected to chargers with NACS plugs.

“Adopting the NACS modular underlines Nissan’s committedness to making electrical mobility adjacent much accessible arsenic we travel our Ambition 2030 semipermanent imaginativeness of greater electrification,” said Jérémie Papin, chairperson astatine Nissan Americas. “We are blessed to supply entree to thousands much accelerated chargers for Nissan EV drivers, adding assurance and convenience erstwhile readying long-distance journeys,” helium added.

In June this year, automotive standards organisation SAE International announced that it volition standardise the NACS connector (SAE J3400) to guarantee immoderate supplier oregon shaper volition beryllium capable to use, manufacture oregon deploy the connector connected EVs and astatine charging stations crossed North America.

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