Mazda Motor Corporation is the latest automaker to announce an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (“NACS”) for charging ports on the company’s battery electric vehicles.
Mazda will drive adoption of NACS to provide customers with a broader range of charging options. This addition will provide Mazda BEV customers with greater charging convenience through access to more than 15,000 Tesla Superchargers across North America.
The Japanese automaker said it will incorporate the NACS ports on its electric vehicles launched in North America from 2025 onward.
Mazda entered the US electric vehicle with the low-range MX-30 crossover. The MX-30 was exclusively sold in California, and unfortunately, it hasn’t found many buyers. In 2021, Mazda sold 181 MX-30s, and in 2022, 324 were purchased. However, sales have been dwindling, with only 66 units sold until June 2023. By July 2023, Mazda announced that it will discontinue the all-electric MX-30 model for the United States market after the 2023 model year.
Tesla’s NACS hardware has been adopted by Subaru, Toyota Motor North America, BMW, Kia, Hyundai, Jaguar, Honda, Fisker, Ford, GM, Volvo, Polestar, Nissan, Rivian, Lucid, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche. Now, Stellantis is the only remaining automaker for adopting Tesla’s charging hardware.
