Photo: Fisker / grinolam on Reddit / autoevolution edit
Fisker discreetly announced in a talk with investors that it had already signed the NACS agreement and was waiting for Tesla to do the same. Now, it's official: Fisker is the latest EV maker to leave the CCS Combo 1 behind and adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), Tesla's connector. The move will also grant Fisker customers access to nearly all Supercharger locations.
Fisker's all-electric vehicles will come from the factory with the NACS inlet starting in the first quarter of 2025. But unlike Ford and GM, which got their customers a deal to begin Supercharging as soon as next year, Ocean buyers will be able to take advantage of the charging network at the same time when the new connector will be seen on its EVs.
Thus, if you're an Ocean owner looking to use a Supercharger according to the deal Fisker just struck with Tesla, you will have to wait until 2025. Tesla owners, on the other hand, should prepare for a swarm of new users!
However, it's worth noting that Tesla opened a good chunk of its Supercharger network to EVs made by other manufacturers earlier this year. Around 7,500 stalls are scheduled to boast the Magic Dock by the end of next year. The program started with 10% of the existing Supercharger stations in March this year.
Fisker says the Tesla agreement applies to Americans and Canadians and will include around 12,000 Superchargers, which amounts to roughly 24,000 plugs.
But given the current trend of dropping the CCS Combo 1 in favor of NACS, Tesla might not be that interested in continuing to add the NACS to Combo 1 adapter, dubbed as the Magic Dock. It initially did so to tap into the federal funding available for EV infrastructure development. But bringing Ford, GM, and other automakers into its charging ecosystem may not warrant the investment in Magic Docks and the wait for money from Uncle Sam.
Fisker currently makes the Ocean crossover SUV through a contract manufacturing deal with Magna Steyr in Austria. The upcoming PEAR and Alaska are scheduled to be produced in the US, but this depends on a deal with Foxconn. The Taiwanese company bought the now-bankrupt Lordstown's Ohio factory in 2021.
The EV maker and Foxconn confirmed that the PEAR will be made in the Buckeye State in 2022, but the CEO recently said there's no conclusion on the deal to manufacture 250,000 EVs annually. That's despite the rumored progress regarding the PEAR production line.
However, Fisker and Foxconn ought to finalize their deal to make the PEAR in the US because we've already been promised access to the updated EV tax credit.
Finally, if everything goes right, Fisker should have three vehicles with the NACS port eligible to fast-charge at Superchargers starting Q1 of 2025 – the Ocean, the PEAR, and the Alaska pickup truck.
Thus, if you're an Ocean owner looking to use a Supercharger according to the deal Fisker just struck with Tesla, you will have to wait until 2025. Tesla owners, on the other hand, should prepare for a swarm of new users!
However, it's worth noting that Tesla opened a good chunk of its Supercharger network to EVs made by other manufacturers earlier this year. Around 7,500 stalls are scheduled to boast the Magic Dock by the end of next year. The program started with 10% of the existing Supercharger stations in March this year.
Fisker says the Tesla agreement applies to Americans and Canadians and will include around 12,000 Superchargers, which amounts to roughly 24,000 plugs.
But given the current trend of dropping the CCS Combo 1 in favor of NACS, Tesla might not be that interested in continuing to add the NACS to Combo 1 adapter, dubbed as the Magic Dock. It initially did so to tap into the federal funding available for EV infrastructure development. But bringing Ford, GM, and other automakers into its charging ecosystem may not warrant the investment in Magic Docks and the wait for money from Uncle Sam.
Fisker currently makes the Ocean crossover SUV through a contract manufacturing deal with Magna Steyr in Austria. The upcoming PEAR and Alaska are scheduled to be produced in the US, but this depends on a deal with Foxconn. The Taiwanese company bought the now-bankrupt Lordstown's Ohio factory in 2021.
The EV maker and Foxconn confirmed that the PEAR will be made in the Buckeye State in 2022, but the CEO recently said there's no conclusion on the deal to manufacture 250,000 EVs annually. That's despite the rumored progress regarding the PEAR production line.
However, Fisker and Foxconn ought to finalize their deal to make the PEAR in the US because we've already been promised access to the updated EV tax credit.
Finally, if everything goes right, Fisker should have three vehicles with the NACS port eligible to fast-charge at Superchargers starting Q1 of 2025 – the Ocean, the PEAR, and the Alaska pickup truck.
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