- Electrify America started has a couple of pilot charging stations where both CCS1 and NACS cables are available.
- Each stall can provide up to 400 kW to an EV.
- One station is in Orlando, Florida, and the other is in Waterford, Connecticut.
Electrify America, one of the largest DC fast charging networks in the United States, has begun rolling out stations that can charge both Tesla and non-Tesla electric vehicles at the same time without an adapter.
The Volkswagen Group-owned operator currently has two pilot sites stateside that offer Combined Charging System 1 (CCS1) and North American Charging Standard (NACS) cables on the same stall. The plan was announced in 2023, and the first stations went online in recent weeks.
Electrify America charger with dual CCS1 and NACS cables
The two sites, one in Orlando, Florida, and the other in Waterford, Connecticut, have three stalls each, and each stall can charge two cars at the same time. The Alpitronic dispensers have a total of four cables–two for CCS1-equipped EVs and two for NACS-equipped EVs. Drivers can use the Electrify America app to initiate a charging session and pay, and there’s also a contactless payment system on-site.
Cars like the Rivian R1T, Chevrolet Equinox EV, and Honda Prologue come from the factory with a CCS1 inlet, but a lot of automakers have said that their American-spec EVs will get NACS ports from the factory, now that Tesla has opened its Supercharger network to pretty much all makes out there.
