Swedish electrical automobile maker Polestar stated Thursday that it has signed a cope with Tesla that can enable drivers of its EVs to cost at about 12,000 Tesla charging stations in North America beginning subsequent 12 months.

New Polestar autos offered in North America will come commonplace with the Tesla-designed North American Charging Customary, or NACS, plug beginning in 2025. House owners of current Polestars will be capable to cost at Tesla’s Supercharger stations with an adapter beginning in mid-2024.

Polestar’s deal follows an equivalent one introduced by company sibling Volvo Vehicles on Tuesday. Ford Motor, Common Motors and Rivian have additionally introduced comparable offers with Tesla in latest weeks.

“We salute the pioneering work Tesla has performed to hurry up the adoption and enhance the recognition of electrical autos, and it is nice to see the Supercharger community being made obtainable on this method,” stated CEO Thomas Ingenlath. “This transfer will tremendously enhance the speed of EV adoption in a key automotive area.”

Most non-Tesla EVs and charging stations in North America use a plug design known as CCS, which stands for Mixed Charging System. Latest research have discovered that CCS charging networks have a lot decrease reliability than Tesla’s community. Critics have additionally famous that the CCS fast-charging plug is considerably bigger and heavier than the NACS plug, making it troublesome for some older or disabled drivers to make use of.  

Tesla EVs can use CCS chargers with an adapter, however at the moment solely Tesla EVs can use Tesla chargers.

Tesla’s plug design was proprietary till November, when the corporate revealed the technical particulars of its system and made it obtainable to different automakers and makers of EV chargers.

SAE Worldwide, an engineering group that publishes requirements for the auto trade, stated earlier this week that it’s within the means of writing public requirements for Tesla’s NACS charging plug.