Aptera has confirmed that its upcoming solar electric vehicle will use Tesla's charge connector, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS).
Tesla surprised many people earlier this month when it announced that it is opening its EV charge connector in the hopes of making it the new standard in North America.
We reported at the time that Aptera may have played a role in Tesla's decision to open the charge connector to the industry.
Aptera is a California-based company developing a super-efficient three-wheeler electric car powered by batteries and solar panels. It claims a range of up to 1,000 miles, which it achieves by using three wheels and a drag coefficient (Cd) of only 0.13.
Every little bit of volume and weight improvement is important when building a super-efficient vehicle like that, right down to the connector, and an early prototype of the Aptera SEV featured a Tesla connector.
Every little bit of volume and weight improvement is important when building a super-efficient vehicle like that, right down to the connector, and an early prototype of the Aptera SEV featured a Tesla connector.
Aptera launched a petition a few months before Tesla opened its charging standard, trying to encourage Tesla's charge connector to become the new standard for electric vehicles in North America. It gathered nearly 40,000 signatures before Tesla agreed to participate.
Aptera thanked its community for helping push the petition in an email to reservation holders and investors, and confirmed that it now plans to integrate Tesla's connector, now the North American Charging Standard (NACS):
Aptera thanked its community for helping push the petition in an email to reservation holders and investors, and confirmed that it now plans to integrate Tesla's connector, now the North American Charging Standard (NACS):
Remember when our founders started a conversation about the need for a greater emphasis on efficiency and accessibility in EV charging infrastructure? Steve and Chris launched a petition urging
policymakers to implement Tesla’s connector and plug (now NACS) as the standard for EV charging in the U.S. With your support, the petition continues to gain momentum. It has received over 40,000 signatures and counting. And just four months later, Tesla announced its decision to open its connector design to the world. We are willing to bet the buzz you generated around the petition played a part in this, and we look forward to incorporating NACS in our sEVs. Thank you for challenging the status quo.
As per the company, it has over 37,000 reservations, each of which requires a $100 deposit.
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