Nissan Is The Newest Automotive Maker To Undertake Tesla's NACS Charger

The adoption of NACS by Nissan is a major milestone within the EV trade, on condition that the corporate is the primary main Japanese participant to decide to the usual. In truth, this transfer may additionally doubtlessly open a floodgate of purposes from different Japanese gamers like Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Suzuki, all of whom are nonetheless on the fence in the case of their selection of charging requirements. 

The transfer may additionally show helpful to Nissan, which has been a longtime participant within the EV house with out main success. The corporate was among the many first producers to focus on EVs and it got here up with its first EV — the Nissan Leaf — practically a decade in the past in 2013. Nonetheless, following the Leaf’s arrival, Nissan has been gradual to react to ever-changing market dynamics. This resulted in Nissan solely having a single EV mannequin in its portfolio for practically a decade, till the arrival of the Ariya. In November 2021, nonetheless, Nissan launched a “imaginative and prescient” it calls Ambition 2030, stating that it expects EVs to represent 40% of its U.S. car gross sales by the 12 months 2030.