Honda and its luxury brand Acura are getting access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America starting in June for their Prologue and ZDX EVs. Both brands will also sell their own EV charging adapters for an undisclosed price through dealerships.
The new Honda and Acura branded adapters that convert their vehicles’ existing CCS1 port to Tesla’s NACS connector have a design identical to Ford’s Lectron-built offering. But unlike Hyundai and Ford, Honda hasn’t said it will provide the adapters for free. Without one, you can still charge at some Tesla Supercharger stations as long as they have built-in Magic Dock adapters.
Honda, like every other automaker, agreed last year to adopt Tesla’s now standardized connector for EV charging in the US. However, they still have to wait until Tesla flips the switch for their vehicles to link up with Tesla’s vast fast-charging network.
Honda’s Prologue and Acura’s ZDX are the only two EVs between the brands right now in the US — both of which run on the same EV platform built by GM and shared by the Chevy Blazer EV. GM EV owners already have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network, along with Ford, Rivian, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and Polestar.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
