SAE says yes to making Tesla EV chargers an American standard
became the first foreign car company to adopt NACS, and will make a similar 2025 transition away from CCS. Like Ford and GM, Volvo will supply adapters for prior model year EVs.In a lawsuit filed along with its bankruptcy protection case, Lordstown alleged that Foxconn failed to abide by the terms of a deal to invest up to $170 million in the struggling EV startup, as well as not engaging with Lordstown on projects it had promised to support.
Foxconn, on the other hand, alleges Lordstown breached its end of the agreement when its stock fell below $1 a share. The Taiwan-based biz hasn't said whether it plans to make a bid for Lordstown, which currently has no one lined up to bail it out with a purchase.Lordstown's factory in the Ohio city of the same name in 2022. If Lordstown Motors were to suddenly close up shop, Foxconn would have its very own EV assembly plant in the US to potentially use as it sees fit.
SAE said its new NACS connector standard will be developed on an expedited time frame and will be done alongside development of public key infrastructure for securing the US'sReasons for supporting NACS over the bulkier CCS chargers vary. Most proponents of Tesla's design argue for its compactness and ease of use over CCS as well as its lack of a locking clip, which has been reported as a major point of failure at public charging stations that have rendered many unusable.
"We strongly encourage the EV industry to work with CharIN's membership base to create a fully interoperable EV charging network," CharIN said before following up with a blog post in early June that"CharIN will work to convene an open task force to align requirements with the goal of submitting NACS to the standardization process," the group said.
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