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Mazda finally hops on the NACS bandwagon too, better late than never

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Vlad, 16 January 2024

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It's been quite the ride for the Tesla-designed NACS EV charging connector. From only being used by Tesla itself, it's now becoming the de facto standard across North America, and almost all of the companies selling EVs over there have already committed to using it for future models.

Today one of the few remaining holdouts has finally hopped onto the bandwagon, and we're talking about Mazda. Just like all the others, its announcement is quite simple: all Mazda EVs that will launch in North America from 2025 onward will use the NACS connector.

Mazda finally hops on the NACS bandwagon too, better late than never

There might be a twist, however, as Mazda specifically said "will launch" not "will be sold", as other brands did. So either the brand plans on launching zero new EVs this year, in which case the point is moot, or it will but those models won't ever get the NACS connector.

Anyway, with this move Mazda's future EVs will get access to Tesla's 15,000-strong Supercharger network across North America. Mazda also promises that it will "continue to pursue the 'Joy of Driving' under its core value, 'Human Centric', and aim to deliver 'Joy of Living' by creating moving experiences in customers", whatever any of that means.

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  • Fearghast
  • ps1
  • 17 Jan 2024

MX5 that is trying to shave every possible gram on it's budget and making it into an PHEV with 15⇾20 kWh battery pack? That kinda seems counterintuitive to MX goals ... not to mention, have you ever seen Miata with automatic gearbox?

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  • 17 Jan 2024

Would love to buy a Mazda MX-5 Miata PHEV with >50mi EV range and NACS in late 2024 as a 2025 model year. More length for battery, driver, and (please don't forget) passenger would be a win-win-win. As an aside, if ArenaEV could be so k...

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