As part of Volvo Cars’ aim to be a fully electric carmaker by 2030, Volvo joins Tesla, Ford, and GM in North America using the North American Charging Standard (NACS), recently launched by Tesla.

“The company is the first European carmaker to sign an agreement with Tesla, giving current and future electric Volvo car drivers access to Tesla’s vast Supercharger network across the United States, Canada, and Mexico,” the Swedish car manufacturer and Geely daughter proudly announces.

Under the agreement, future Volvo cars, starting from 2025, will be equipped with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging port in the whole region. Nothing is changing for Volvo cars in all other regions of the world; they will continue to use the commonly known CCS standard.

The arrangement gives fully electric Volvo drivers access to 12 000 new fast-charging points, which is expected to grow as Tesla expands its Supercharger network in North America. These new charging points come in addition to Volvo drivers’ existing access to tens of thousands of fast-charge points.

Fully electric by 2030

“As part of our journey to becoming fully electric by 2030, we want to make life with an electric car as easy as possible,” said Jim Rowan, CEO at Volvo Cars. “One major inhibitor to more people shifting to electric driving – a key step in making transportation more sustainable – is access to easy and convenient charging infrastructure. Today, with this agreement, we’re taking a major step to remove this threshold for Volvo drivers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.”

Two charging standards to be used

Drivers of Volvo Cars’ current line-up of fully electric cars, from the XC40 and C40 Recharge to the recently revealed EX30 and EX90, will be able to find charging locations through the Volvo Cars app and are anticipated to be able to use the Supercharger network with an adapter from the first half of 2024.

Drivers of future Volvo cars equipped with the NACS charge port that wish to continue charging in the Combined Charging System (CCS) of chargers will be able to continue doing so with an adapter provided by Volvo Cars.

“With the Volvo Cars app, drivers of fully electric Volvo cars in the United States and Canada will be able to find tens of thousands of public charging stations, get real-time information on the availability of chargers, and pay for their charging session through one single interface, making charging a Volvo car easy,” the company concludes.