- Electrical car gear maker Lectron will manufacture 12,000 NACS to CCS adapters each week to satisfy rising demand.
- The adapters enable non-Tesla EVs to cost on the Tesla Superchargers, North America’s largest and most dependable charging community.
Lectron is producing 12,000 NACS to CCS adapters per week, the corporate mentioned on Tuesday. The adapters will enable non-Tesla EV homeowners entry to greater than 2,400 Tesla Supercharger stations within the U.S. that home greater than 28,400 charging ports, as per the most recent figures from the Different Fuels Information Heart.
“The strategic improve in capability is solely in response to the quickly rising demand for dependable EV charging options as extra automakers undertake the North American Charging Normal (NACS) and acquire entry to Tesla Superchargers,” Lectron mentioned. The manufacturing ramp comes when non-Tesla EV homeowners have needed to wait months to obtain their OEM-supplied NACS to CCS adapters.
Final yr, all main automakers inked offers with Tesla to realize entry to its Supercharger community, which stays the biggest and most dependable charging community in North America. Ford, Normal Motors and others determined to supply their EV clients with an adapter that might enable them to plug in at Tesla Superchargers. Future EVs would include the Tesla NACS port from the manufacturing facility, automakers mentioned.
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To satisfy the excessive demand, Tesla mentioned in August that manufacturing of the NACS adapters at its gigafactory in Buffalo, New York, had elevated to eight,000 models per week.
The NACS adapter rollout, nonetheless, has been bumpy. Ford and Rivian homeowners reported ready for months to get their complimentary adapter. Ford even requested some homeowners to cease utilizing the Tesla-supplied adapter as a result of a specific batch had a “potential challenge.” The Dearborn automaker then began transport different adapters made by Lectron to maintain up with demand and diversify the adapter provide community.
As Tesla irons out potential defects in a few of its adapters, Lectron has mentioned its Vortex adapter has the precise specs of the one manufactured by Tesla. It’s rated for 1,000 volts and 500 amps and may add as much as 150 miles of vary in simply quarter-hour, relying on the car and Supercharger. It is obtainable on Lectron’s web site for $200.
InsideEVs examined the third-party Lectron adapter earlier this yr and it really works as supposed. Nonetheless, on the time, a small variety of these adapters had a security challenge. They would not lock into the charging port, that means homeowners may unplug them by chance even when the charging session was ongoing. It looks like that challenge has been ironed out.
“With Ford, Normal Motors, Rivian, Polestar and Volvo getting access to Tesla Superchargers in 2024—and different automakers gaining entry quickly—the demand for Tesla adapters continues to rise,” Lectron mentioned. The Lectron adapters are suitable with Ford, Normal Motors, Rivian, Polestar, Hyundai, Kia and Volvo EVs.
