GM adopts Tesla's NACS standard! Munro begs Rivian to switch

[Cosmacelf]

In the heels of Ford's announcement, Mary Bara is doing a Twitter spaces with Elon and announced this.

https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2023/jun/0608-gm.html


Updated with Munro begging Rivian to switch to NACS as well:

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[cdub]

Yup. Crazy.


https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWwQOPlNxQ

 

[cdub]

It's live right now

 

[Cosmacelf]

Press release: https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2023/jun/0608-gm.html

 

[COdogman]

I’ve never heard of this “NACS” you speak of.

 

[kylealden]

There goes the neighborhood.

 

[cdub]

I’ve never heard of this “NACS” you speak of.

It's the Tesla charging port.

Ford and GM have now adopted it.

Hopefully Rivian is next. Rivian orders will go through the roof if they can use superchargers IMO

 

[kvenom]

Things gonna get messy.

 

[Alieti]

Just agree to give us an adapter.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

It's the Tesla charging port.

Ford and GM have now adopted it.

Hopefully Rivian is next. Rivian orders will go through the roof if they can use superchargers IMO

NACS can be done over CCS, so an electronics change to existing CCS vehicles and a Tesla adapter, and you've be good to go with the same physical port.

 

[DuoRivians]

So, can Tesla make the adapter available universally now?

 

[Karp]

RJ should be calling Elon now. As a current Tesla owner and Rivian (SOON), the supercharging network has never let me down in 5 years of use.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

You gotta love the EV space....and the jockeying for positional strategy.......it's better than owning a TV....

 

[bobaurora]

It's the Tesla charging port.

Ford and GM have now adopted it.

Hopefully Rivian is next. Rivian orders will go through the roof if they can use superchargers IMO

Or, if Elon decides, he can basically put Rivian out of business. Seems like a problem to me.
Going to be an interesting 12 months or so as this battle rages on. Bet EA and EVGo are gonna be pretty cautious in their investments until the dust settles here.

 

[zefram47]

So, can Tesla make the adapter available universally now?

I think these closed-door agreements suggest that's not going to happen. Tesla is requiring ransoms from these companies to integrate with their network. I wondered if Ford was going to be the first domino...and now we know the answer.

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