- Some GM cars will be able to use Tesla’s Supercharger network.
- Ford and Tesla made a similar partnership announcement in May.
- Lack of charging access is one of the biggest hurdles to EV adoption right now.
General Motors vehicles will soon be able to charge at a large swath of Tesla’s vast Supercharger network starting in 2024, the two companies announced Thursday.
GM vehicles will have access to 12,000 Superchargers next year, the company said, with the automaker adopting the North American Charging Standard (NACS) in 2025.
It’s part of a growing cooperation between Elon Musk and legacy automakers that will help bring them all to “equal footing” when it comes to charging, easily one of the biggest hurdles to mass EV adoption in the United States.
Tesla announced a similar partnership with Ford in May. Tesla has also opened parts of its European charging network to other cars.
Tesla has more than 20,700 Supercharger plugs in North America, according to the Department of Energy, making it easily the largest charging network. While other stations struggle to keep chargers working and online, Tesla’s are known for reliability — and the network is a huge selling point for its cars.
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