Honda and its Acura premium model are the most recent to announce plans to undertake Tesla’s proprietary charging connector, often called NACS (North American Charging Normal), for his or her future electrical autos offered within the U.S.

The data was revealed by American Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Noriya Kaihara in an interview with Autoblog printed final week.

“It’s fairly necessary—we additionally must push NACS, as nicely,” he stated.

Specifics on Honda and Acura’s plans to undertake the NACS connector weren’t talked about. Nonetheless, neither model seemingly has a lot sway within the determination, at the very least at current.

The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX electrical crossovers arriving for the 2024 mannequin yr are primarily based on Basic Motors’ Ultium EV platform and battery expertise set. GM can even construct each fashions.

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GM in June stated it can undertake the NACS connector for its EVs beginning in 2025, and this may seemingly lengthen to Honda and Acura EVs constructed by GM. Based on Autoblog, the ZDX will characteristic the NACS connector by 2025 or 2026. An adapter would then be required for anybody wanting to make use of the present CCS1 (Mixed Charging System) connector that almost all non-Tesla EVs are at the moment designed for.

The transfer will make entry to Tesla’s huge charging community seamless and handy for Honda and Acura EV homeowners. It should additionally considerably improve the variety of DC fast-chargers accessible to them. Tesla’s DC fast-chargers account for about 60% of fast-chargers within the U.S., based on the Division of Power, and they’re at the moment being opened as much as rival manufacturers in a deal made between Tesla and the White Home earlier this yr.

Fisker, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Rivian, and Volvo have additionally made offers with Tesla to make use of its chargers, and plenty of of these firms have additionally introduced plans to undertake the NACS connector for his or her autos within the U.S. Hyundai, Stellantis, and Volkswagen have indicated that they could additionally comply with go well with.

Honda and Acura along with GM, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis in July additionally introduced plans to companion on their very own community of DC fast-chargers throughout North America. The primary station is deliberate to be opened within the U.S. in mid-2024.

Honda and Acura additionally plan to finally introduce their very own EV platforms, together with doubtlessly for a future NSX supercar. It is not clear whether or not autos primarily based on these platforms will characteristic the NACS connector as commonplace within the U.S.