Nissan needs a little something extra to connect the Ariya to Tesla’s Superchargers

[ad_1] Nissan put out a tutorial video for Ariya homeowners as we speak that reveals find out how to use a Tesla NACS adapter with the car, and it features a step utterly out of left area: shove a small piece of plastic into your automotive’s CCS port earlier than you join the adapter.

The Ariya is Nissan’s first EV with a CCS port, and the automaker simply activated the car’s potential to hook up with Tesla’s huge Supercharger community in October. Different producers have additionally adopted Tesla’s NACS normal, with firms like Ford and Rivian already transport adapters to present EV homeowners. However none of these EVs want you to take a complicated further step to make the adapter work.

As defined within the video, the NACS adapter obtainable by means of Nissan features a “plug adapter” that have to be put in into the hourglass-shaped cavity between the 2 DC pins on the backside earlier than charging at NACS-capable quick charging stations. Nissan assures the viewer that its “easy” and requires no instruments. Nonetheless, you will have to make use of the adapter it gives or from a US dealership, which can imply different third-party choices just like the Lectron adapter won't work. (Most likely for the most effective, contemplating the Lectron adapter was not too long ago recalled.)

What’s odd in regards to the Ariya’s cost port is that regardless of being a normal that works at many CCS-capable quick charging stations, there may be some adverse hole house between the 2 direct present pins on the backside that isn’t current on most different EVs. The plastic piece that Nissan desires you to stuff into the opening fills within the hole to look extra like different CCS ports. We requested Nissan what the aim of the opening is and why the insert is required, however haven't heard again at time of publication.

Nissan’s different EV mannequin is the pioneering Leaf, which makes use of the all-but-obsolete CHAdeMO normal and doubtless gained’t get some magic adapter to hook up with Tesla’s Supercharger community (though there are some CHAdeMO to CCS adapters now).