More carmakers commit to NACS for the US market
The connector transition continues. If you drive a CCS1 car, the practical answer is still an adapter rather than a new car.
Adoption of the North American Charging Standard continues among manufacturers selling in the United States, with more models shipping NACS ports and more adapter programmes going live.
What changes
New US cars increasingly ship with a NACS port.
Existing CCS1 cars get adapter access to the Supercharger network, which is the single largest reliable DC network in North America.
New installations are increasingly NACS or dual-connector.
What does not change
Your CCS1 car keeps working. There are far too many on the road for that infrastructure to disappear, and networks have every incentive to keep serving them.
Home charging is unaffected. A cheap adapter bridges J1772 and NACS on the AC side.
Nothing outside North America. The UK and Europe standardised on Type 2 and CCS2 and are not migrating.
What to do
If your manufacturer offers a CCS1-to-NACS adapter, get it — it is the highest-value action available and it substantially expands where you can charge.
Do not choose a worse car purely for its connector. Adapters work in both directions, and the overlap period will run for years.
Full background in NACS is winning in the US and CCS vs NACS vs Type 2.
Updates: NACS transition guide
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