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General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Twitter Spaces conversation Thursday to announce the automaker is adopting Tesla’s electric vehicle charging standard, also known as the North American Charging Standard (NCAS). The deal will make available thousands of Tesla Superchargers to owners of GM electric vehicles.
“This is the most exciting time as we look at the transition to EVs,” Barra says on the call. Barra agrees with Musk that NACS is a better charger and should be the North American standard.
GM’s announcement and corresponding surprise Twitter call mirrors Ford CEO Jim Farley’s announcement last month that his company would adopt Tesla charging standard as well. Farley had joined Musk on a Twitter Space and…
