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Rivian Automotive and Tesla have signed an agreement for access to the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle (EV) company’s Supercharger network.
Irvine, Calif.-based Rivian said Tuesday morning that access to the Tesla network will initially be through adapters for its electric vehicles. According to the electric vehicle manufacturer, these adapters will be on the market “as early as spring 2024”.
Then, starting in 2025, North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors will be introduced “as standard” in new vehicles from the current electric vehicle range, Rivian said in a press release. The company’s next platform, R2, is currently scheduled for release in 2026 and announced on Tuesday that the ports will also be there.
Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. is suing a key seat supplier, warning a price war could impact production of an electric van ordered by Amazon.com Inc. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The Rivian-Tesla agreement comes about seven months after Tesla announced it would “make our EV connector design available to the world” and published the specifications for the design on its website.
| ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVN | RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC. | 15.70 | +0.82 | +5.53% |
| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 274.45 | +13.91 | +5.34% |
The timeline for Rivian to adopt the NACS port design in its electric vehicles is similar to those previously announced by Ford and General Motors.
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In early June, General Motors identified 2025 as the year the company wanted to integrate the NACS design into its electric vehicles when it unveiled its own supercharger network agreement with Tesla. This is the same year that Ford plans to begin integrating Tesla’s NACS.
| ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | GENERAL MOTORS CO. | 37.33 | -0.65 | -1.71% |
| f | FORD MOTOR CO. | 14.22 | -0.20 | -1.39% |
Over 12,000 Tesla Superchargers are expected to be available to automakers.
A Tesla-branded charger at a Supercharger fast-charging station for electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors in the town of Mountain View in Silicon Valley, California August 24, 2016. ((Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Musk said at a conference in early June that “opening the Chargers is morally right,” as previously reported by FOX Business. He described the move as “something that will help the industry become more electric” and “will contribute to sustainability.”
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“The introduction of the North American charging standard will allow our existing and future customers to take advantage of Tesla’s extensive Supercharger network as we continue to expand our Rivian Adventure Network,” RJ Scaringe, CEO of Rivian, said Tuesday.
RJ Scaringe, 35-year-old CEO of Rivian, unveils his company’s R1T all-electric pickup truck and R1S all-electric SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Portal/Mike Blake / Portal Photos)
According to its website, Rivian is working to reach over 3,500 fast charging stations across the US and Canada with its Adventure Network. These chargers will be installed in over 600 different locations.
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In April, Tesla reported that its global Supercharger network was growing year over year.
For the first quarter of 2023, the company said the total number of Supercharger stations increased 33% to 4,947. Supercharger connections now totaled 45,169, a 34% increase from 33,657 in the same three-month period last year.
Breck Dumas contributed to this report