Tesla is making the EV charging system used for the North American market available to other manufacturers. The Tesla charger in question will be renamed the North American Charging Standard.
By making the specifications of the already-renamed NACS cable public, the company hopes other manufacturers will adopt the standard. In its own words , the cable in question has “no moving parts, is half the size and twice as powerful” compared to the Combined Charging System, the main charging cable competitor in North America.
Further, Tesla claims there are twice as many NACS vehicles than CCS cars in North America and that there are 60 percent more Supercharger charge points in the same region than all CCS charge points combined. Tesla was the first major manufacturer of electric vehicles and therefore holds a large share of the North American market.
Nevertheless, most relevant electric vehicle manufacturers so far use the CCS standard. BMW, Polestar, Renault, Volkswagen, Audi and Jaguar, among others, use the relevant standard to charge EVs. Several Tesla vehicles are also compatible with CCS via an adapter.
