Japanese automaker Mazda has reached an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for charging ports on the company’s battery electric vehicles launched in Japan from 2027 onward.
Mazda adopted NACS to provide customers with greater convenience by a broader range of charging options.
This will provide Mazda BEV customers with access to Tesla Superchargers across Japan. Mazda BEVs will be compatible with other charging standards besides NACS with the use of adapters.
Mazda had already announced that it would adopt NACS for its electric vehicles in North America, like all other automakers in North America.
Interestingly, Mazda is actually not the first automaker to bring the NACS standard to Japan.
In September last year, Sony Honda Mobility’s AFEELA EV brand announced that it was adopting NACS for its electric vehicles.
While AFEELA’s EVs are expected to be initially available in the United States this year, the vehicles will also be coming to Japan later on.
