In addition, GM will adopt Tesla's connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station.
DETROIT — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla's extensive North American charging network beginning early next year under an agreement the two companies announced Thursday.
GM joins Ford in shifting its electric vehicles to work with about 12,000 of Tesla's roughly 17,000 chargers, and both Detroit automakers are pushing to make Tesla's connector the industry standard. GM CEO Mary Barra and her Tesla counterpart, Elon Musk, made the announcement during a Twitter Spaces conversation.
At first, GM and Ford EV owners will need an adapter to hook into the Tesla stations, which have their own connector. But both GM and Ford will switch to Tesla's North American Charging Standard connector starting in 2025."Like Ford, we see this as an opportunity to expand access to charging," Barra said, adding that GM hopes the rest of the industry will move to the Tesla charging connector, which is different from the standard one used by most other EVs.
Barra said joining Tesla's network would almost double the number of chargers available to GM electric vehicle owners.
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