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Tesla has added another EV automaker to the growing ranks of those adopting its EV charging standard.
Reuters reported that EV maker Rivian will adopt Tesla’s proprietary North American Charging Standard (NACS) in 2024. Next year, Rivian vehicles will be able to use NACS chargers with an adapter, and new vehicles in 2025 will have NACS-compatible charging ports built in.
Ford and General Motors struck deals with Tesla earlier this year to adopt the NACS standard in their cars and gain access to Tesla’s network of more than 12,000 Superchargers in North America. Tesla garnered over 50% market share for EV sales in the United States last year, according to Counterpoint Research, while Ford made up nearly 8% of the EV market in 2022.
And they’re not the only ones: Reuters reported on Tuesday that Hyundai is considering making its cars more compatible with the NACS standard. Hyundai President Jaehoon Chang said Hyundai would adopt the standard if it served the company’s customers, delivering “the faster charging Hyundai’s electric vehicles can achieve on other chargers,” Reuters wrote.
Rivian and Hyundai’s moves to adopt Tesla’s standard are just ripples in a larger wave of EVs moving away from the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard.
These deals have only solidified Tesla as the de facto charging standard for North America, and Tesla’s EV sales in 2022 were higher than those of 17 automotive groups combined, according to Counterpoint.