
SAE said that it’s already working on the standards and hopes to finish them within six months. Volvo said it will adopt Tesla’s charging connector in new electric vehicles starting in 2025. But a rival connector called CCS is still in thousands of current EVs and will stay in use.Īlso Tuesday, Volvo Cars said it had become the fourth automaker to sign an agreement with Tesla to join the company’s charging network, starting next year. The move Tuesday by SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, comes just weeks after Ford, General Motors and Rivian said they would join Tesla’s large Supercharger network and adopt its North American Charging Standard connector in new versions of their electric vehicles.

automotive industry organization says it will set performance standards for Tesla’s electric vehicle charging cords in another move toward using the Tesla plug on all EVs.
