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CTOnews.com June 21, according to Reuters, Texas announced that it will require electric vehicle charging companies to adopt Tesla's charging standard NACS and nationally recognized CCS standard, so as to obtain federal financial support to realize the state's highway electrification plan. Texas thus became the first state in the United States to force the use of NACS standards.

▲ Tuyuan Pexels the U.S. Department of Transportation said earlier this year that charging companies must provide support for the CCS standard to qualify for federal funding of up to $7.5 billion (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 53.85 billion yuan), a move to prevent Tesla's NACS standard from dominating the North American charging network. However, federal money flows to the grass-roots level through states, so states have the right to increase restrictions on the use of funds based on the minimum requirements of the central government.

"Ford, GM and Rivian have decided to adopt the NACS standard, which has led us to change our previous requirements for manufacturers," the Texas government said in an email to the media. "now we require manufacturers to provide both an CCS DC fast charger and an NACS converter."

Lew Cox, director of business development at MD7, which helps manufacturers deploy chargers, said Texas's decision would have a huge impact on other states' adoption of NACS: "it will effectively make NACS the new universal standard."

Texas is home to Tesla's headquarters and a new car factory. Since Ford and GM announced, top US charging companies such as ChargePoint and EVgo have said they want to add the NACS standard to the chargers they offer in the US market. There are reports that other states such as California, Iowa and Michigan are also reviewing the changing charging market.

CTOnews.com previously reported that Rivian, an electric pickup truck manufacturer, announced yesterday the introduction of the NACS charging standard, becoming another US car company after GM and Ford to join the Tesla charging standard camp.

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