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Tesla gets its newest adoptees of NACS in Hyundai and Kia

Teslarati

Tesla received news this morning that it would gain two new adoptees of its North American Charging Standard, or NACS, as Hyundai and Kia both committed to using the connector for its electric vehicles in the U.S. Hyundai is set to adopt the NACS in the fourth quarter of 2024 in the U.S., and Canada.

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Biden EV buildout, Lucid quality, Ford wallbox issue, Hyundai E-Pit charging: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Ford stops sales of its connected wallbox for the Mach-E. And Hyundai sketches out a new look for roadside charging—and it looks a lot like. Lucid suggests it won’t have quality issues like Tesla as it ramps up production.

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Hyundai unveils new ST1 EV business platform design for the first time

Baua Electric

For the first time, Hyundai Motor revealed its new “ST1” EV business platform on Thursday. Hyundai goes commercial with new ST1 EV platform After selling a record 268,785 electric cars last year, Hyundai is expanding from passenger EVs into commercial. The ST1 is the first of several new electric models based on the platform.

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Ford CEO Farley says how long it took for him to think over Tesla deal

Teslarati

Ford CEO Jim Farley announced that his company would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) several weeks ago during a Twitter Spaces with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Ford will adopt the NACS connector on all of its EVs in 2025. Ford will adopt the NACS connector on all of its EVs in 2025.

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Tesla Supercharger NACS access clarified by TSLA Exec

Teslarati

Tesla executive Rohan Patel clarified some facts about Supercharger NACS access for non-Tesla vehicles like Rivian and Ford. Tesla recently opened the Supercharger Network to Ford and Rivian electric vehicles (EVs) through its NACS connecter. Rivian and Ford NACS users have access to a portion of those Superchargers.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Funny looking thing, the Hyundai Ioniq 6. Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. We sampled Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 ‘Electrified Streamliner’ (not a sedan, Hyundai insists) in South Korea ahead of its early 2023 Australian arrival.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Take the Hyundai Tucson compact crossover, replace the rear section with a truck bed, and voilà…the Hyundai Santa Cruz is born! But as with most things that seem simple on the surface, going from a crossover body to pickup body is a bit more complex, not the least of which is who Hyundai thinks will be buying the Santa Cruz.

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