GM will build Tesla's preferred North American Charging Standard connector into its EVs starting in 2025.
North America's two biggest automakers have now turned to their electric vehicle rival Tesla to tap into its enormous network of Superchargers to help them move faster into the electric market.
Speaking in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk last week, GM CEO Mary Barra said the deal will"help drive EV adoption.""We have a real opportunity here to really drive this to be the unified standard for North America, which I think will even enable more mass adoption," Barra said.
GM will build Tesla's North American Charging Standard connectors into its EVs starting in 2025, the automaker said. GM will weave Tesla's Supercharger network into its vehicle and mobile apps. Automakers are trying to improve the charging experience before they launch EVs in high volumes. In the United States alone, 1 in 5 charging attempts failed last year, according to J.D. Power. Tesla's Supercharger network tends to have much better charger uptime than peers. Fewer Tesla drivers face charger outages and, if a charger is down, the driver typically finds a working charger at the same location, the firm said in February.
Tesla's decision to open its network to Ford and GM electric vehicles"almost certainly will" affect the charging standard, said Mike Ramsey, an analyst covering automotive and transportation at Gartner.
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