Hyundai Ioniq fives with NACS (J3400) ports, rather than the CCS1 design, are beginning to present of its factory in Savannah, Georgia. It’s the very first producer to offer electrical automobiles with native NACS ports– besides Tesla, that is, and you’ll have the ability to check out our very first drive in the design year 2025 Ioniq 5, along with the brand-new, off-roady Ioniq 5 XRT next week. We’ve got some excellent news for owners of any existing Hyundai EVs out there– if your automobile has a CCS1 port, then next month, you’re qualified for a totally free CCS1-NACS adapter.

Hyundai wasn’t the very first OEM to ink a handle Tesla to access to the Supercharger network, however it leads Ford, General Motors, and Rivian in switching to the Tesla-style charge ports. Existing owners get access to the big charging network, too, however they’ll require an adapter to utilize the smaller sized NACS plugs.

And those will be offered next month, Hyundai informed us. What’s more, they’re going to be gratisor totally free as in beer. As long as you have a VIN, the car manufacturer will send you the adapter, which you’ll have the ability to buy as soon as the site goes reside in March.

Ford briefly revealed comparable kindness to its EV owners in 2015, using its NACS adapters free of charge– a minimum of till late June, at which point it began charging $200 for them. GM never ever even troubled with the complimentary giveaway; rather it asks $225 for the NACS adapter.