General Motors CEO Mary Barra has confirmed that the company’s future EVs will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard, giving future GM owners access to the expansive, 12,000-unit-strong Tesla Supercharger network starting in the spring of 2024.
First access to the Tesla charging standard will come by way of an adaptor, which will be provided to existing GM EV owners sometime early next year.
“What’s even more exciting is that our existing EV customers can leverage the 12,000 Tesla fast chargers early next spring with an adapter,” said Barra.
More exciting is that, according to Barra, future GM EVs will have Tesla standard access baked right in. “We plan to adopt the North American charging standard, we’re working really hard that our first vehicle will come in 2025,” said the CEO.
Barra announced the news alongside Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Twitter Spaces session Thursday afternoon, similar to the way in which Future Ford EVs Will Be Equipped With Tesla Charging Port back in late May.
The power pair started the short conversation by commenting on this time as “one of the most exciting” for the automotive industry, while Musk agreed that we are at “one of the great inflection points in vehicles … comparable to the moving production line.”
This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.
