As part of Volvo Cars’ aim to be a fully electric car maker by 2030, the company is the first European car maker to sign an agreement with Tesla, giving current and future electric Volvo car drivers access to Tesla’s vast Supercharger network across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
To be fair, they’re not all gonna be suddenly replaced. The manufacturers are going to start producing cars in 2025, and it’ll be a fair few years on top of that before the majority of cars on the road are actually using NACS plugs, long enough that a good chunk of the infrastructure will have to be replaced or modified anyways.
While Tesla should’ve just backed down and adopt the existing standard like in other markets, I don’t think this is the worst thing in the world.
To be fair, they’re not all gonna be suddenly replaced. The manufacturers are going to start producing cars in 2025, and it’ll be a fair few years on top of that before the majority of cars on the road are actually using NACS plugs, long enough that a good chunk of the infrastructure will have to be replaced or modified anyways.
While Tesla should’ve just backed down and adopt the existing standard like in other markets, I don’t think this is the worst thing in the world.