The shift away from the Combined Charging System (CCS) continues to gain momentum following the announcement that Ford and General Motors would outfit their electric vehicles with Tesla-designed North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors starting in 2025.
The latest company to embrace NACS is EVgo, which operates approximately 900 fast charging locations in 30 states. While the firm has been deploying NACS chargers since 2020, that momentum will accelerate now that Ford and GM have jumped on the bandwagon.
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The charging firm didn’t go into many specifics, but CEO Cathy Zoi said “With the recently announced expansion of the number of automakers using the NACS connector, we are excited to announce that we will also be integrating NACS connectors on the EVgo network in future deployments as well as on some existing chargers.” She added, “We believe these developments will help to accelerate EV adoption rates and sales, which in turn will spur throughput growth on EVgo’s network.”
While EVgo will continue to offer both CSS and NACS connecters, the latter has been gaining momentum and GM CEO Mary Barra recently suggested it could become the connecter of choice in North America. As she said last week, their decision to embrace NACS “could help move the industry toward a single North American charging standard.”
Besides adopting NACS, Ford and GM announced their EVs will gain access to Tesla’s Supercharger network starting next year. This is a major threat to charging firms such as EVgo as they’ll have to fight Tesla and their well-regarded Superchargers.
