Tesla is ramping up production of Supercharger adapters for third-party electric vehicles (EVs). The company has reached a production milestone of 8,000 units per week, which is great news for companies that have adopted Tesla’s charging standard.
Special adapters for charging EVs on Tesla’s Supercharger are necessary for third-party automakers in large quantities. They are only produced at the Gigafactory in New York. Late last week, Tesla announced that the factory had reached the 8,000-unit production milestone. This is great news for both the company and third-party automakers.
In 2022, Tesla opened up the design of its charging technology to any automaker that wanted to use it. The company aimed to make it the North American Charging Standard (NACS) by showing how much more reliable and efficient it is. Plus, the Texas-based automaker already had a vast Supercharger network that was far larger than any other fast-charging network in North America.
In May 2022, about six months after Tesla’s announcement, Ford became the first automaker to announce it would adopt NACS. General Motors followed suit in June of that year. This set off a domino effect, with every major automaker selling EVs in North America adopting NACS.
Under the terms of the deals, the Tesla Supercharger network is to be open to companies that have signed up to the deal starting in 2024. However, automakers will have access to the charging stations at varying start points. The main factor in determining launch dates is when each deal was made with Tesla.
Most automakers have announced that they will eventually begin producing their EVs with a Tesla charging port. Until then, drivers will have to get special adapters to charge at Superchargers. For example, Ford CEO Jim Farley said in June that the company had already received 100,000 requests for adapters from customers. That is why mass production of the adapters is so important for Tesla and all the automakers involved in the deal.
