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Honda to adopt Tesla NACS for its EV models in North America

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Honda Motor has reached an agreement with Tesla, Inc. to adopt Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) for the charging port of its EV models that will go on sale in North America starting from 2025. In 2025, Honda is planning to launch a new EV model in North America equipped with a NACS port.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

Charged EVs

As it did in previous decades, Honda has used another maker’s car to enter a new US segment. Honda is often known as the world’s largest maker of internal combustion engines—more than 14 million of them a year. Honda did a deal with GM to develop its own electric SUV, the Prologue, on Blazer EV underpinnings.

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Honda adopts Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for North America

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Honda Motor Co. has announced that it had reached an agreement with Tesla to adopt the electric vehicle maker’s North American Charging Standard (NACS). Honda’s first electric vehicle with a default NACS port is expected to be launched in 2025. From that point forward, Honda will be equipping its vehicles with NACS ports.

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Honda and Acura EVs will also adopt Tesla NACS standard

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Honda and its Acura luxury brand will join a growing cadre of automakers adopting Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector. The news was confirmed via Autoblog, citing Honda's top U.S. It is quite important," American Honda Motor Co. executive, but details remain to be worked out. "It

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Report: Honda and Acura to Join Tesla's NACS Standard

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Honda and Acura leaned on General Motors’ Ultium technology to accelerate electric vehicle development, so it’s unsurprising to see the Japanese automakers following their American counterpart’s lead in some areas. The coalition includes some who’ve already signed on with Tesla, including General Motors and Mercedes-Benz.

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BYD overtakes Honda & Nissan as the 7th largest automaker

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China’s BYD overtook Honda Motor and Nissan Motor in car sales between April and June 2024. According to Marklines , demand for BYD’s affordable electric vehicles (EVs) has helped it beat Japanese legacy automakers like Honda and Nissan. In June 2024 alone, it saw a 35% increase in sales.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

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While there has been much publicity and technical development towards rare-earth reduction in vehicle motors, in practice the market is seeing an increase in the number of permanent magnet motors. China accounts for the vast majority of rare-earth production worldwide and this has, in the past, led to huge price volatility.

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