Ford and General Motors have said they want to connect their electric cars to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) charge ports starting in 2025. Current models will be able to use the Tesla charging network beginning in 2024. Stellantis’s management just said that the company is also looking into and researching a move to the Tesla set up, but not one that will give all the attention to their rivals across the street. Every other electric car sold in the US today uses an SAE J1772 charge port, except for Tesla EVs, which have always used the brand’s unique NACS port. Before February, this hardware barrier kept non-Tesla cars from using the brand’s colossal charging network. However, in a deal with the Biden administration, Tesla let other vehicles use a small part of its network. By the end of 2024, all EV drivers will be able to use 7500 Tesla chargers thanks to this deal. Stellantis told Reuters, “Right now, we are still evaluating the NACS standard, and we hope to talk more about it in the future.” Our main goal is to give our customers the best charge experience possible. Our Free2Move Charge brand will offer easy-to-use options at home and on the go through partnerships with charging providers. Stellantis’s choice to use the NACS standard makes sense since Ford and GM have already done so. This is especially true since the company plans to sell a line of fully electric cars in the US under the Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Maserati names. Through the Tesla network, customers can access more fast charging sites than all other US providers. The outcome of this situation will rest a lot on whether or not the system’s reliability and ease of use can be used with cars other than Teslas. It will be interesting to see how Tesla owners respond to the increase in vehicles at well-known charging stations nationwide.
