Kia's electric vehicles will get Tesla Supercharger Access “for some time in March 2025”, the company announced in a statement. Kia EVS including EV6 and EV9 was determined to get supercharger Access in jan Using NACS for CCS1 adapters, but is delayed.
Kia's sister Company, Hyundai, New 2025 Model Year IONIQ is starting to ship with 5 EVS Indigenous NACS port It matches people on Teslas, and its model with the old CCS1 port Can already plug into supercharger stations Using an adapter. However, Kia dealerships are now receiving NACS adapters, which means to be independent of EV6 and EV9 owners, who bought new vehicles on or after 4 September, 2024. Kia says that owners can buy adapters from dealers.
On YouTube, state of charge It is said that the adapters Kia are sending to their owners, looked rated for 1000 volts, but only 350 Eps, which is less than the adapters used by other manufacturers which are usually 500 Eps. . It should be cured for use with Kia vehicles, designed for it, but it can run in compatibility issues if people try to use it with other manufacturer's cars.
Kia says that the adapter “is engineer to meet Tesla's charging specifications and they have been developed and tested for use with Kia EV vehicles,” and “other adapters can be repaired which can be repaired by Kia Warranty is not covered. “
Some KIA owners say that they have already tried the Tesla app and have successfully supercharged their EVS using the third-party NACS adapter, thinking that they have both EV6 and IONIQ5 E-GMP EV Charging the platforms). However, Tesla can now be Close that flaws,