It was great to make my first appearance in several years as a guest on the radio show of Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, from his studio in Waldwick, New Jersey, this weekend. In catching up, Ron posed today’s weightiest automotive question, “What do you think of electric.” The short-for-broadcast answer is, they’re here, and developing an infrastructure to support them will be critical to their future growth in the marketplace. To that end, General Motors has restated its commitment to developing a universal standard for the quick recharging of EVs, and has won its customers access to some 12,000 Tesla Supercharger charging stations already on line, the deal taking effect next year.
The overall plan calls for GM to integrate its EVs into the new North American Charging Standard, or NACS, for new electric vehicles by 2025. The agreement with Tesla builds on GM’s existing Ultium Charge 360 initiative to improve charging access for vehicular, home and workplace applications. Hooking GM vehicles up to the Tesla network will initially require an adapted until NACS is fully implemented.
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