Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging network starting next year. The startup truck, SUV and delivery van maker says Tuesday that it will include ports with Tesla’s connector on future Rivian vehicles starting in 2025. It also will offer an adapter for owners of current Rivian EVs. The move is another domino to fall as the auto industry considers switching to Tesla’s connector, which it calls the North American Charging Standard. At present, nearly all automakers other than Tesla use what is called a CCS connector. Tesla has more direct current fast-charging plugs in the U.S. than any other network, and its stations are in prime locations along freeway travel corridors.
Why have a J1772 port? The NACS connector can do Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 charging in the same plug. The standard even supports V2G although Tesla doesn’t utilize it as of yet.
Mainly because there’s an awful lot of public J1772 level 2 infrastructure out there and these companies have been telling people for years to use it…
Sounds like a temporary problem an adapter can fix.