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Washington state plans to require companies to support Tesla\u2019s electric vehicle charging plug in order to tap into federal funds. The pending rule is the latest domino to fall in favor of the automaker\u2019s North American Charging Standard (NACS), following a similar move from Texas<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

An official for Washington\u2019s Transportation Department, Tonia Buell, said the mandate would help future proof<\/a> the state\u2019s infrastructure. Buell \u2014 who leads Washington\u2019s alternative fuels program \u2014 told TechCrunch that the department will \u201cpresent the recommendation to Washington\u2019s Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council for final review and approval.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buell added that the \u201cexact number of [required] NACS connectors is still TBD.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report comes just a month after Tesla signed a <\/span>245,619 square foot warehouse lease<\/a> in Marysville, which is about an hour\u2019s drive north from Seattle. It\u2019s not clear if the lease had any influence on Washington state\u2019s implicit endorsement of the NACS standard, but it surely didn\u2019t hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 and Washington\u2019s plans deal another blow to the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard, but federal rules still require charging stations to support CSS to access federal funds. In other words, CCS plugs certainly aren\u2019t going away overnight.<\/p>\n

Ford, GM<\/a>, Rivian<\/a> and several charger networks<\/a> also recently threw some weight behind NACS. As my colleague Rebecca Bellan<\/a> recently reported, there are some advantages to Tesla\u2019s standard, including lighter cables and support for contactless payments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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