Tesla is sharing its EV charging connector design in an effort to encourage community operators and automakers to undertake the expertise and assist make it the brand new normal in North America.
Tesla stated in a weblog submit Friday that its design and specification recordsdata are available for obtain. The firm stated it’s “actively working with relevant standards bodies to codify Tesla’s charging connector as a public standard.”
The charging connector in all Tesla autos provides AC charging and as much as 1 MW DC charging. Its compact design and efficiency is taken into account superior to the Combined Charging System connectors utilized by most EVs in North America.
Tesla claims that its charging connector and cost port — which it now calls the North American Charging Standard (NACS) — is the commonest charging normal in North America. It’s a stat based mostly on Tesla automobile gross sales in North America and the variety of chargers at its branded Supercharging stations. Tesla has practically 1,500 Supercharger stations within the United States. Each station has a median of 9 chargers.
Tesla didn’t identify any automakers or charging infrastructure corporations as converts. In this extremely aggressive surroundings, through which just about each automaker is now utilizing the CCS, it’s laborious to see GM, Ford and Stellantis switching to Tesla’s expertise.
However, at the least one firm — EV startup Aptera — helps the transfer. Earlier this 12 months, Aptera referred to as for U.S. authorities to undertake Tesla’s Supercharger expertise as the usual for all EV charging within the nation. And EVGo has added Tesla connectors to a few of its charging stations within the United States.
The firm stated within the weblog submit that community operators “already have plans in motion” to include NACS at their chargers. If community suppliers like ChargePoint, EVConnect or Electrify America add NACS, it might permit Tesla house owners to cost at these stations with out a want for an adapter.
If automakers swap to the NACS on its EVs, it might give house owners of these autos entry to Tesla’s North American Supercharging and vacation spot charging networks.