Honda and Acura electrical automobiles will have the ability to use Tesla Supercharger stations beginning this spring, Honda stated Thursday.
As with different non-Tesla manufacturers, Honda and Acura EV homeowners will obtain adapters that enable Tesla’s NACS connectors to plug into their CCS-equipped automobiles. The automaker stated prospects will have the ability to buy a Honda-approved NACS-CCS DC-fast-charging adapter from approved Honda and Acura dealerships in June, however pricing might be introduced nearer to the launch.
2024 Acura ZDX
The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX SUVs—the one all-electric fashions at present bought within the U.S. by their respective manufacturers—are based mostly on Basic Motors architectures and are manufactured by GM. However Honda handles charging issues independently, therefore the delay between GM’s rollout of Supercharger entry in September 2024 and the Japanese automaker’s scheduled rollout.
Apart from Honda and Acura, the previous couple of months noticed a number of different manufacturers including Supercharger entry. Mercedes-Benz opened Supercharger entry in February, with Kia following this quarter, and Volkswagen, this summer time. BMW, Genesis, Lucid, and JLR (comprising Jaguar and Land Rover) are at present listed as “coming quickly” on Tesla’s web site, however particular timing has not been confirmed.
Honda 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes
Honda can be one of many eight automakers backing the Ionna DC fast-charging community, which can supply each CCS and NACS connectors. Ionna stated it is scaling up towards a focused 30,000 EV chargers by 2030 as of February.
The mixture of Supercharger entry and the Ionna community will assist what is ready to be a rising variety of Honda and Acura EVs developed in-house and constructed at retooled amenities at Honda’s conventional U.S. manufacturing base in Ohio. The primary of those would be the Acura RSX compact SUV launching later this 12 months, adopted by the primary Honda 0 Collection fashions in 2026. Lately previewed at CES 2025, the 0 Collection fashions may have native NACS ports.
Notice—This story was up to date to mirror extra distinct timing given by Honda
