Kia’s electrical autos will get Tesla Supercharger entry “someday in March 2025,” the corporate introduced in a press release. Kia EVs, together with the EV6 and EV9, have been scheduled to get Supercharger entry in January utilizing NACS to CCS1 adapters, however that has been delayed.
Kia’s sister firm, Hyundai, is starting to ship new 2025 mannequin yr Ioniq 5 EVs with native NACS ports that match those on Teslas, and its fashions with older CCS1 ports can already plug into Supercharger stations utilizing an adapter. However, Kia dealerships are actually receiving NACS adapters meant to be free to EV6 and EV9 homeowners who bought the brand new autos on or after September 4th, 2024. Kia additionally says homeowners should purchase the adapter from sellers.
On YouTube, State of Charge famous that the adapters Kia is sending to its homeowners look like rated for 1000 volts however solely 350 amps, which is decrease than adapters utilized by different producers which are normally 500 amps. It needs to be fantastic to be used with the Kia autos it’s designed for, but it surely may run into compatibility points if folks attempt to use it with different producer’s vehicles.
Kia says the adapters are “engineered to satisfy Tesla’s charging specs and have been developed and examined to be used with Kia EV autos,” and “Use of different adapters could end in repairs that aren’t coated by Kia’s guarantee.”
Some Kia homeowners say they’ve already efficiently Supercharged their EVs utilizing third-party NACS adapters by tricking the Tesla app into pondering they’re charging a Hyundai (each the EV6 and Ioniq 5 share the identical E-GMP EV platform). However, Tesla could have now closed that loophole.
