According to Reuters, the US state of Texas announced that it will require electric vehicle charging companies to adopt Tesla’s charging standard NACS, and to adopt the nationally recognized CCS standard, so as to obtain federal funding to achieve this. The state’s highway electrification plan, Texas has thus become the first state in the United States to mandate the use of NACS standards.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation stated earlier this year that charging companies must provide support for the CCS standard to be eligible for federal funding of up to $7.5 billion, a move to prevent Tesla’s NACS standard dominates North American charging networks. However, federal funds will flow to the grassroots through the states, so the states have the right to increase the use of funds based on the minimum requirements of the central government.
“Ford, GM and Rivian have decided to adopt the NACS standard, which has caused us to change our previous requirements for manufacturers. Now we require manufacturers to also provide a CCS DC fast charging,” the Texas government said in an email to the media. converter and a NACS converter.”
Lew Cox, director of business development at MD7, which helps manufacturers deploy chargers, said Texas’ decision would have a huge impact on the adoption of NACS in other states: “It will effectively make NACS the new common standard.”
Texas is home to Tesla’s headquarters and a new car factory. Since Ford and GM’s announcements, top U.S. charging companies like ChargePoint and EVgo have said they want to add the NACS standard to the chargers they offer in the U.S. market. Word is that other states such as California, Iowa and Michigan are also reviewing the changing charging market.
t was previously reported that Rivian, an electric pickup truck manufacturer, announced the introduction of the NACS charging standard yesterday, becoming another American car company to join the Tesla charging standard camp after GM and Ford.
