Kia and Hyundai have had NACS support via an adapter for a while now, they also announced last year that all of their 2025 models would be NACS. I don’t see how this is news. Yes a native NACS car is coming, they told us it was.
I’d like to get rid of my Fashmobile, but won’t buy another brand until they have NACS.
I really bought at the wrong time…
Got an Ioniq 5 in March, and I feel like I’m kinda screwed given the upcoming shift over to NACS.
Your Ioniq 5 already supports NACS you just need to pickup a NACS to CCS adapter.
The communication standard is the same, but until Tesla authorizes Hyundai public keys on superchargers, you won’t be able to initialize a session.
The native ccs plug means you can use current CCS stations at 800v 240kw charging without an adapter, while when NACS connectors roll out you will have to use an adapter to pull 240kw at existing CCS stations while you will be able to pull only ~150kw @400v from Tesla superchargers until they eventually roll out v4 superchargers in the US. I for one would rather use an adapter for the lower power Tesla connection than having to use one on high power CCS stations, so I’m happy I have a CCS car.
Aside from an adapter I’m sure it’d be possible to convert it to built in NACS, but it might cost you depending on actual part availability
I don’t think that’s possible, is it?
NACS is just a different connector, the communication protocol is CCS under the hood. You can use passive adapters no problem. Replacing the connector should be possible, you just need a switch to shunt between level 1/2 AC charging and level 3 DC fast charging.
This is over my head. I only took a single EE class in uni.
NACS is lightning, The other port is USB C.
Modern lightning speaks the USB C protocol to your charger, but the physical connector is the old lightning plug. USB C obviously just speaks USB C.
