With twice as many compatible vehicles as CCS, NACS is already the most common EV charging connector in North America, which is another reason why it makes sense to make it the standard. It’s also already more common in charging stations across the country. By setting NACS as the standard, the SAE’s decision will help increase the production of more connectors and enable charging stations that currently only carry CCS to more easily adopt Tesla’s port. Tesla is also manufacturing an adapter to help expedite the transition.
A uniform standard across charging stations is vital to the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. The ability to travel long distances, including across the country, is a necessity for many American drivers. Additionally, drivers want to know that if their cars can be fueled in one part of the country, they can also be charged elsewhere. The Biden administration has made a big push for greatly increasing the number of charging stations for EVs in the U.S., but the number of stations won’t matter if a particular EV isn’t in range of one that it’s compatible with.
Frank Menchaca, President of Sustainable Mobility Solutions, said in the SAE announcement that “standardizing the NACS connector will provide certainty, expanded choice, reliability, and convenience to manufacturers and suppliers and, most of all, increase access to charging for consumers.” SAE’s announcement will help both automakers and manufacturers of charging stations that still don’t carry NASC, like Volkswagen’s Electrify America, make the transition quicker and easier. With a national charging infrastructure, the groundwork will be laid for EVs to become the dominant mode of automobile transportation in the future.
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