This plastic part will transform Honda’s charging system
This page is translated from the original post "Cette pièce en plastique va métamorphoser la recharge des Honda" in French.
- 22/03/2025 19:04
This Honda-approved NACS-CCS adapter will open access to the Tesla Supercharger network in the coming weeks.
After many years of resistance, Honda and Acura are adopting the Tesla standard, but not without conditions. Owners of the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX will be able to access over 20,000 Tesla Superchargers across the United States starting June 2025. But there’s a catch: to take advantage of this opening, they will need to acquire a NACS-CCS adapter officially approved by Honda – the only one tolerated by the parent company. Other adapters, cheaper or already circulating, will be considered persona non grata.
The adapter – tested, certified, validated, blessed – will be available for purchase in June at Honda and Acura dealerships. No price has been announced yet, but given the strategy, we can expect a well-calculated price. For those eager, they should keep an eye on the HondaLink and Acura EV apps, which will send a notification once the precious adapters are available. They will also allow locating compatible Tesla stations. And for those risking it with a non-certified adapter: beware, damages caused will not be covered by the warranty. In other words, play at your own risk.
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Honda aims to reassure: according to Ryan Harty, Vice President of Sustainable Development at American Honda, opening to the Tesla network complements an already solid charging offering. The stated goal is to provide access to more than 100,000 DC fast chargers in North America by 2030, through Tesla, IONNA, EVgo, and Electrify America networks. An ambitious promise, but one that comes late, very late, for a manufacturer that long hesitated to embrace the electric transition.
Ultimately, this opening seems less like a pioneering strategy than a disguised mea culpa, with Honda succumbing to the rules set by Tesla. A silent confession: to survive in the EV world, you have to play by Musk’s rules. For him, it is a necessary revenue stream to offset declining sales.
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