Hyundai has introduced that it’s going to undertake Tesla’s North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) for EVs within the U.S. and Canada. 

The change applies to all-new and refreshed Hyundai EVs, beginning within the fourth quarter of 2024, Hyundai Motor North America defined in a Thursday press launch, with Canada set to comply with within the first half of 2025. The Genesis model made the same affirmation, though Kia hasn’t but dedicated to the usual.

The corporate says that its EVs with NACS will acquire entry to greater than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America. 

Not all Tesla Superchargers will assist non-Tesla EVs with CCS. Tesla’s V2 {hardware} will probably solely ever work with Tesla autos, whereas the overwhelming majority of Superchargers would possibly cost at lower-than-ideal charges when plugged into Hyundai’s modern Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 EVs—as their super-fast 800-volt charging isn’t supported by V3. 

Hyundai at Tesla Supercharger

Hyundai at Tesla Supercharger

Thus, the usefulness of the Supercharger community could rely on how quickly Tesla deploys 800-watt-capable V4 Superchargers—and, probably, the faster-charging Tesla Cybertruck, which is able to reap the benefits of the upper voltage. 

However Hyundai recommended in a response to Inexperienced Automobile Studies that Tesla is on board to assist its EVs’ cost charges: “Tesla’s dedication to increasing its community will improve buyer entry to out-of-home charging and absolutely assist the ultra-fast charging speeds on Hyundai’s superior Electrical-International Modular Platform (E-GMP) autos, together with Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 and the upcoming Ioniq 7.”

Hyundai Ioniq 6 with ChargePoint charger

The shift will probably be accompanied by new house charging {hardware}. Hyundai sees the transition as as complementary to the charging community from seven automakers introduced in July, which is simply beginning to take type and doesn’t but have a reputation. It’s promising 30,000 high-powered cost factors, with first charger installations across the center of subsequent yr. 

The order of the NACS rollout is a bit totally different for Hyundai. It plans to launch an adapter for its fashions utilizing the Mixed Charging System (CCS) for fast-charging after beginning to set up NACS in its automobiles—not earlier than, like many different automakers which have already made a dedication to NACS. 

Why are Hyundai’s adapters being staggered behind its NACS integration? The corporate replied to Inexperienced Automobile Studies: “Hyundai desires to make sure our homeowners have a seamless charging expertise. To take action, a know-how integration must happen. All chargers and adapters have to be examined and validated for every mannequin. As such, Tesla and Hyundai are staggering the launch as an additional high quality measure.”

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5

The record of EV manufacturers adopting NACS now quantities to the overwhelming majority of the U.S. EV market at current. Holdouts embrace BMW, Stellantis, the Volkswagen Group, and Lucid, amongst a couple of others—most of which probably want some assurance concerning 800-volt charging.  

Whereas lots of these particulars are lacking at this level, Hyundai sounds prefer it has discovered a path that permits the NACS connector plus an all-of-the-above strategy—and it might quantity to plenty of fast-charging choices for present and future EV homeowners.