Volvo EV drivers can begin utilizing Tesla’s Supercharger community this month

You possibly can quickly the battery of a Volvo at greater than 17,800 Tesla Supercharger stations throughout the US and Canada. That ought to make it a lot simpler for Volvo drivers to discover a place to cost, regardless that they already had entry to tens of hundreds of quick cost factors.

Beginning November 18, drivers can find Tesla Superchargers by way of the Volvo Automobiles app or built-in Google Maps. It is attainable to pay for charging classes by way of the Volvo Automobiles app as nicely.

There’s one teensy catch, nevertheless, particularly you probably have had a Volvo EV for some time: to entry Tesla Superchargers and different North American Charging Normal (NACS) chargers, you will want an adapter. This prices $230 ($310 CAD) and will be ordered from approved Volvo retailers. The automaker will begin delivery them to retailers on November 18, however adapters for the EX30 might be out there at a later date. That mentioned, Volvo is together with the adapter with purchases of the brand new EX90 flagship SUV, EX40 or EC40 beginning with mannequin yr 2025.

Volvo in June 2023 that it could help Tesla Superchargers and the NCAS. It is one in every of many automakers which have backed a extra standardized method to EV charging in North America.