Volvo Cars is the first European car manufacturer to install Tesla’s charging port in electric cars for the North American market from 2025.

Through the cooperation with Tesla, drivers of Volvo’s electric cars will have access to Tesla Superchargers in the USA, Canada and Mexico via an adapter from the first half of 2024.

Via the adapter or later the permanently installed NACS charging socket, the electric Volvos will be able to charge at the currently 12,000 Supercharger fast charging points in the three countries mentioned – or even more charging points as Tesla continues to expand the Supercharger network.

Since charging at CCS1 charging points will also be possible later on via an adapter, Volvo talks about the new Tesla charging points complementing “Volvo drivers’ existing access to tens of thousands of fast charging points”.

In the announcement, Volvo cites its two current electric models, the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge, as vehicles that will support the NACS – as well as the EX90 and EX30, which have already been unveiled but have yet to be launched.

Tesla has previously struck similar deals with Ford, General Motors and Rivian. Volvo is now joining as the fourth carmaker and as the first European manufacturer. But the Swedes also have a strong US connection, operating a plant in Ridgeville, near the port city of Charleston in the state of South Carolina.

“As part of our journey to becoming fully electric by 2030, we want to make life with an electric car as easy as possible,” says Jim Rowan, CEO of Volvo Cars.

“One major inhibitor to more people making the shift 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.”