Hyundai mentioned Monday it’s going to ship clients who’ve purchased or leased an EV earlier than January 31 a free charging adapter that can allow them to entry Tesla’s supercharging community.
The Hyundai-authorized adapter will give CCS-port-equipped Hyundai EV drivers entry to greater than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the US, according to Hyundai. Free adapters will likely be accessible to eligible house owners of the model-year 2024 and earlier Kona Electrical, Ioniq hatchback, Ioniq 5, and Ioniq 6 automobiles. Hyundai mentioned that model-year 2025 Ioniq 6, Ioniq 5 N, and Kona Electrical automobiles are additionally eligible.
Clients should request the free NACs adapter by the net MyHyundai proprietor portal.
Help for Tesla’s charging connector and cost port — called the North American Charging Standard — has accelerated since Ford and GM introduced plans in 2023 to combine the know-how into the next generation of EVs and promote adapters for present EV house owners to achieve entry. Up till then, each EV, excluding Tesla, used Mixed Charging System (CCS) connectors.
Nearly each different automaker adopted, making their very own partnerships with Tesla to supply clients a NACs adapter. Some, together with Lucid, have made plans to integrate the charging port into future EVs.
The rollout hasn’t been as clean as some hoped, with many non-Tesla clients nonetheless ready for the adapters. Nonetheless, some automakers have began to ship the adapters in current months.
