VW says its cars will get Supercharger access and adapters in June (Updated)

Volkswagen says its electric cars will be able to charge at Tesla's Supercharger network starting in June, PC Magazine reports.

In 2022, Tesla announced that it will open its charging network, attracted by the large amount of money promised in President Biden's support for EV charging.

For a while it seemed like a hail mary, as many thought that most of the industry had already committed to the SAE CCS standard for fast charging.

But then in 2023, Ford announced that they would use Tesla's connector, and all the dominoes began to fall. Soon, the entire industry had announced the switch to Tesla's charging standard.

However, for a while, VW was involved. It wasn't until December 2023 – half a year after Ford's announcement – ​​that VW committed to switching to NACS by 2025 (although in reality, they were just waiting for SAE certification of the standard, which was completed a few days ago).

Well, here we are in 2025, and VW says they're ready to step up.

Today at CES, VW PR director Mark Gillies confirmed to PC Magazine that “we get network access in June/July, when we have an official VW adapter.”

This means that VW EVs are available in the US – the ID.4 crossover SUV (which recently resumed sales after a door handle recall) and the brand new ID. The Buzz minivan, should be able to charge within months… provided everything goes as planned.

Currently, VW is not even listed on Tesla's NACS page, which means that cars from Ford, Rivian, GM, Volvo, Polestar, and Nissan can charge on Tesla's charging network. The only manufacturer on the “coming soon” list is Mercedes-Benz, and usually manufacturers spend several months on that page before reaching out.

So this is a surprising announcement from VW, but welcome. Then again, we've seen inaccuracies about this before, so maybe Tesla didn't want to jump the gun again, like Nissan did. (Update: Turns out VW jumped the gun on this one, as a previous version of this article quoted VW as saying it would have it in March, not June).

In the past, adapters took some manufacturers time to make and export. Ford, for example, not only delayed the release of its adapter, but also had to change some connectors – so caution may be warranted here.

VW's confirmation today is unclear whether its smaller companies, Audi and Porsche, will be at the same time. But since the three brands have committed to NACS in a joint announcement, it makes sense that they might be on the same timeline to get access to the adapters.

Update: A previous version of this article said VW cars would get access in March, and adapters in June. It turns out that both access and adapters will arrive in June.

Electrek's Take

Given that VW was one of the last manufacturers to officially use NACS, it's nice to see them stick to their timeline – and maybe beat other manufacturers to the punch.

This could also be a sign that we'll start seeing more manufacturers gain access soon. The transition must happen “by 2025” after all, and that's where we are. But the situation VW has confirmed at this point in time suggests that perhaps this change is on the way.

So, expect to have many interesting places to see at Superchargers, as the menagerie changes significantly throughout the year.

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