By Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 electric car. | Photo by Patrick George for The Verge
Hyundai might soon be following Ford, GM, and Rivian’s lead in adopting Tesla’s EV charging standard in its vehicles for the North American market. But it’s got some hesitations.
During the South Korean automaker’s Investor Day on Tuesday, where it also revealed its next-generation EV platform, Hyundai president and CEO Jaehoon Chang said the decision to adopt Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) will come down to customer interest. But a key issue Chang mentioned, as reported by CNBC, is that Tesla’s Superchargers don’t currently offer higher charging rates supported by Hyundai’s EV platform.
Hyundai and Kia’s current EV lineup have 800-volt architectures and were designed to accept fast-charging rates up to 350kW (although…