Hyundai stated Monday it should ship prospects 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 US, in keeping with Hyundai. Free adapters will probably be accessible to eligible house owners of the model-year 2024 and earlier Kona Electrical, Ioniq hatchback, Ioniq 5, and Ioniq 6 autos. Hyundai stated that model-year 2025 Ioniq 6, Ioniq 5 N, and Kona Electrical autos are additionally eligible.
Prospects must request the free NACs adapter by way of the net MyHyundai proprietor portal.
Help for Tesla’s charging connector and cost port — referred to as the North American Charging Normal — has accelerated since Ford and GM introduced plans in 2023 to combine the expertise into the subsequent technology of EVs and promote adapters for present EV house owners to realize entry. Up till then, each EV, aside from Tesla, used Mixed Charging System (CCS) connectors.
Nearly each different automaker adopted, making their very own partnerships with Tesla to supply prospects a NACs adapter. Some, together with Lucid, have made plans to combine the charging port into future EVs.
The rollout hasn’t been as easy as some hoped, with many non-Tesla prospects nonetheless ready for the adapters. Nonetheless, some automakers have began to ship the adapters in current months.