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Texas will require electric vehicle charging companies to include Tesla\u2019s North American Charging Standard (NACS) and the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in order to qualify for a state program to electrify highways through federal funds, Reuters reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program begins early to mid-summer, which is when charging companies will be required to have NACS and CCS chargers available in order to qualify for funding, according to a spokesperson from Texas\u2019s Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision by Ford, GM, and now Rivian to adopt NACS changed requirements for Phase 1. Each Direct Current Fast Charge port will be required to have 1 CCS connector and 1 NACS connector,\u201d the Texas Department of Transportation said in an email to Reuters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Late last month, Ford<\/a> sparked an EV charging standards war<\/a> by choosing to build future EVs with Tesla\u2019s NACS technology and charge ports. General Motors promptly announced<\/a> its own adoption of Tesla\u2019s charging standard, causing a domino effect, with Rivian following Tuesday<\/a> and talks of Hyundai soon to come<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A range of charging companies like FreeWire Technologies, Flo and EVgo, have also promised to include NACS connectors to their public charging stations. Tesla\u2019s charging standard is considered to be a better user experience. The cables are smaller, lighter and easier to use and contactless payment enabled by Tesla\u2019s technology is a huge convenience.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s Supercharging network in the U.S. is vast. There are 22,128 Tesla Superchargers compared to 22,262 CCS connectors, according to recent PlugShare data, and those CCS connectors span a variety of charging companies. Until recently, Supercharging stations were reserved for Tesla vehicles, which is why the Biden administration\u2019s federal subsidies were initially geared toward CCS connectors.<\/p>\n

Last week, the White House said<\/a> EV charging stations with NACS plugs would now be eligible for billions of dollars in federal subsidies, as long as they also included the CCS charging connector.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not surprising to see Texas be the first state to require charging stations to have a NACS and CCS charger in order to get funding. In 2021, Tesla moved its headquarters to Austin<\/a> and has since brought around 12,777 jobs<\/a> to the region as of the end of 2022. The Elon Musk\u2013run automaker has invested billions in a Texas gigafactory<\/a> to produce EVs and batteries, as well as a new lithium refinery plant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other states will likely follow. California\u2019s Department of Transportation didn\u2019t respond in time to provide a comment to TechCrunch, but California would be the next state to watch. It\u2019s the birthplace of Tesla, the automaker\u2019s former HQ and current \u201cengineering HQ<\/a>,\u201d not to mention it leads the nation in both Tesla and EV sales.<\/p>\n

This article has been updated with information from Texas DOT.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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