Next year’s new Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 EVs will have a new charging port.
On Thursday the Korean automaker announced it was switching to the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on Hyundai EVs. NACS plugs are what Tesla uses, which opens up Hyundai to Tesla’s Supercharger network of over 12,000 stations.
All Hyundai EVs will only have the NACS port starting in Q4 2024. Older Hyundai’s with Combined Charging System (CCS) ports will have a Tesla adapter starting in the beginning of 2025.
Hyundai’s plug-in vehicle lineup includes the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 and the upcoming Ioniq 7. The Kona Electric and Santa Fe and Tucson plug-in hybrids round out the electric lineup.
The move will double the size of the DC fast charging network available to Hyundai customers, the company claims.
Hyundai is one of the stragglers to announce the switch to the NACS system. A long list started with Ford and then General Motors (followed by Rivian, Volvo, Polestar, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Honda) with plans to adapt to Tesla’s system. A consortium of automakers (which includes Hyundai, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis) joined forces over the summer to create its own separate high-speed charging network without Tesla.
Both Kia and Genesis, part of the Hyundai Motor Company family, announced the same timeline for its respective lineup of EVs which includes the Kia EV6 and Genesis Electrified G80, GV60 and Electrified GV70.