Hyundai mentioned Monday it’ll 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 USA, in response to Hyundai. Free adapters will probably be out there to eligible homeowners 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 need to request the free NACs adapter via the net MyHyundai proprietor portal.
Assist for Tesla’s charging connector and cost port — known as the North American Charging Customary — has accelerated since Ford and GM introduced plans in 2023 to combine the know-how into the subsequent technology of EVs and promote adapters for present EV homeowners 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 combine 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 latest months.
