Both the R1T all-electric pickup and the R1S SUV will be fitted with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector starting in 2025, eliminating the need for an adaptor.
Both the R1T all-electric pickup and the R1S SUV will be fitted with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector starting in 2025, eliminating the need for an adaptor.
There wasn’t a “standard” because even though there was a standard (J1772), Tesla had to go and have a Not Invented Here, and mess us up.
I suppose the only upside is that, eventually, we’ll have a slightly better connector than J1772, but only at the cost of putting standardization behind by 10 years.
Oh, don’t get me wrong – I’m still salty that Tesla refused to use the standard that literally everyone else agreed on. It’s maddening, and wasted a lot of time. That doesn’t detract from me being glad that they’re finally opening up their network (probably to get in on federal money, but… perhaps that’s federal money doing what it was supposed to do?). I really, sincerely hope it’ll motivate some others join in on making actual infrastructure to compete, but I won’t hold my breath.
So yeah, here we are, and … well, at this point, I just want some #@$(*&S#@ing infrastructure built.