Honda and Acura electric vehicles will be able to use Tesla Supercharger stations starting this spring, Honda said Wednesday in a business update.
As with other non-Tesla brands, Honda and Acura EV owners will receive adapters that allow their CCS-equipped vehicles to plug into Tesla's NACS chargers. The automaker did not provide any further detail, so it's unclear whether any adapters will be provided for free, or how much they will cost if not.
2024 Acura ZDX
The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX SUVs—the only all-electric models currently sold in the U.S. by their respective brands—are based on General Motors architectures and are manufactured by GM. But Honda handles charging matters independently, hence the delay between GM's rollout of Supercharger access in September 2024 and the Japanese automaker's scheduled rollout.
Besides Honda and Acura, the next few months will see a few other brands adding Supercharger access. Mercedes-Benz plans to open Supercharger access in February, followed by Kia later in the quarter, and Volkswagen, this summer. BMW, Genesis, Lucid, and JLR (comprising Jaguar and Land Rover) are currently listed as "coming soon" on Tesla's website, but specific timing has not been confirmed.
Honda 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes
Honda is also one of the eight automakers backing the Ionna DC fast-charging network, which will offer both CCS and NACS connectors. The automaker said four Ionna charging sites—dubbed "Rechargeres"—are now in beta testing, with groundbreaking for a fifth site done in the last month.
The combination of Supercharger access and the Ionna network will support what is set to be a growing number of Honda and Acura EVs developed in-house and built at retooled facilities at Honda's traditional U.S. manufacturing base in Ohio. The first of these will be the Acura RSX compact SUV launching later this year, followed by the first Honda 0 Series models in 2026. Recently previewed at CES 2025, the 0 Series models will have native NACS ports.
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