Recently I received the NACS Adapter from KIA. I installed the Tesla app and filled out all fields that were available for the set-up (credit card info, vehicle info. I selected the "Yes" button for the question "Does your vehicle have a ... NACS DC Adapter". Yesterday I tried to charge the car at a Tesla charger nearby and .... it did not want to charge the car. Other cars, both Tesla and non-Tesla were charging without problems. The following alarm text was displayed:
"Unknown Error Occurred, Your vehicle is not able to charge at Superchargers".
There are no non-Tesla supercharger nearby to test whether supercharging would work there. Has anyone else had this problem? What could be the cause?

Not open to Kia yet... bummer. The App is gaslighting you. Works for Ford, Chevy, and a few others. Seems to be one company every couple months.

Some, like you, are hoping it is any day. March is the promised month which was moved from the initial Jan 15th date.

The 1st thing our EV6s need is a software update for Navigation... nothing yet.

 

Thanks, good to know. For some reason I thought that this was all worked out! Is there anything else needed, like a software update to allow the EV6 or the NACS adapter to be recognized by Tesla?

 

Update required? Unknown. Navigation update will be required for pre-conditioning to function *unless tricking the system by choosing another close DCFC station.

I did a brief test on in January when we were tricking the Tesla App. Nothing but the Tesla App and an adapter. Was very quick to start charging. So my EV6 just charged like at EA.

The Kia Connect App might also be updated so we can pay through it. That's also an unknown.

It's been a very stupid rollout. No new press releases from Kia either.

 

Maybe Kia should have included a note when shipping out the adapters in informing recipients to not use the adapters until after official notice has been sent out stating that Tesla Supercharger locations are now open to Kia EV drivers--that way we don't continue to see multiple posts about how "I received my NACS adapter and tried it at a Tesla SC location but it doesn't work"... /s

 

Imagine that^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

I had the same experience. I have a Tesla 3 also so I have the correct app and “Charge Other EV” function. I have the correct adapter and tried 20 times but it would not charge. Hyundai owner was charging with no issues. I don’t understand.

 

yep, because it's not enabled for KIA's yet, even though our architecture is shared. I've even reached out to Tesla directly while at a supercharger the day after they turned off access after the "hyundai in the tesla app workaround" and they said that it was correct they disabled access until sometime in March.... now we are almost halfway through march... lol. Since i was traveling and the area i was in only had superchargers and 2 ea chargers that were farther away from where i was staying and one of them was completely down for upgrades it would have been handy.

 

I don't if this article is true... if true, it might not help Kia's gain access faster.

Kia Attacks Elon Musk with New Ad Campaign in Europe

South Korean automaker Kia launched a new advertising campaign for its entry-level electric vehicle, the EV3, featuring a sticker on the car’s rear saying: “I bought this after Elon went crazy.” …

eletric-vehicles.com

 

I saw an article on this today. It was apparently done by Kia Norway, on their social media, but Kia Corporate disapproved and told them to stop/remove the posts.

 

It's hard to believe that's a legit Kia ad (not that I disagree with the sentiment).

 

Kia says it will work "sometime in March", so I am betting on March 39th.

 

My bet is March 52nd. We’ll see who is right!

 

Tesla is STILL not listing Kia and Hyundai on their non-Tesla supercharger page (link below). Since Musk fired so many people in that unit last year it is hard to know if they have just not updated the web page, or if they are slow to enable their Superchargers to accept Kia and Hyundai EVs - or who knows.

It would be nice to know if they are available, but unless you find one of the still rather rare gen 4 SuperChargers that can handle 800 volt EVs, you will most likely have a slow charging experience. Only Tesla gen 2, 3 and 4 superchargers will work. Older Gen 1's wont.

https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-evs#vehicles

Tesla SuperCharger Interactive Map

 

Tesla is STILL not listing Kia and Hyundai on their non-Tesla supercharger page (link below). Since Musk fired so many people in that unit last year it is hard to know if they have just not updated the web page, or if they are slow to enable their Superchargers to accept Kia and Hyundai EVs - or who knows.

It would be nice to know if they are available, but unless you find one of the still rather rare gen 4 SuperChargers that can handle 800 volt EVs, you will most likely have a slow charging experience. Only Tesla gen 2, 3 and 4 superchargers will work. Older Gen 1's wont.

https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-evs#vehicles

Tesla SuperCharger Interactive Map

I tried it a couple of days ago and it did not work (even tho the Tesla app shows the Superchargers such as Version 3 available for my EV6). The app is apparently ahead of reality.....

 

A person posted in the below Reddit link that they recently were able to charge their EV6 at a SC location using a NACS adapter:

EV6 charging using NACS adapter worked at SC location?

The person claims that they were using the adapter (rather than using a MagicDock-equipped SC) just this past Saturday; what do you folks think--a one-off occurrence at that particular location or the person may have confused having used an adapter with having utilized a MagicDock-equipped SC?

 

Here's their response when asked which site: "So many out there. Don’t know which one"

I don't buy it. When it happens, multiple people here will confirm it. Never believe randos on reddit. About anything.

 

Perhaps we should all boycott charging at Tesla chargers

 

Why?

 

I need charging at TSC for an off-the-beaten path road trip the first week of April (or I have to take the PHEV since the GT doesn't have the range to make it to a DCFC, especially if it gets cold then) so it would be helpful to know which TSC will be open to us. If I set Ford as my vehicle in the Tesla app, should it show the same chargers that we anticipate being open for HMG mobiles?

 

They said they will start installing 800V sites in 2025, but I'm not aware of any that are open.

 

Supposedly there is a brand new supercharger site between Kansas City and Des Moines that is 800v capable. Impatiently waiting for my nacs adapter access to be enabled to try it.

 

Kia is to blame for lots of things.
1) inability to give first adopters the updates we ask for (like pre-conditioning button)
2) not acknowledging the first adopters of their EVs who helped them get the Kia EV name out by not offering free adapters like every other manufacturer
3) not accepting fault for the ICCU mess (hardware issue, attempted now three times to be solved with software) and the charge port overheating
4) having Tesla turn off SC access until enough folks buy Kia's inadequate (and potentially deadly) adapter

 

The fact that Norwegians spend 70% of their lives in cold and darkness must have done a number on them psychologically. I totally understand Kia Norway's lack of judgment.

 

Does anyone know if the Hyundai NACS adapter also has the 350amp limit? If not, maybe KIA is trying to sort out that whole mess before they open SC access?

 

The box in which the KIA adapter came indicates "350A / 1,000V". Based on that, it could be used for charging at an 800V charger and would then deliver 280 kW.

 

Remember when Kia revised the opening of the chargers? They just said "by end of Q1." So Q1 2026!

 

Here in Sebastopol CA a new G4 SC came online about a month ago. I tried charging there 2 weeks ago but no go. The app let me select a charger and instructed me to plug in my adapter but it would not initiate charging session. As a side note, these G4 SC appear to have the NACS-CCS adapter built in but do not yet “undock” them.

 

Way out of left field speculation on my part as to why we're not yet allowed to charge at SC stations using NACS adapter--if/when Tesla eventually allows us HMG EV owners to charge at SC locations, I promise you there will be a bunch of folks flooding the forums with posts asking as to why they are not getting 200+ kW charging speeds or even 150+ kW speeds while charging at SC locations...or simple questions asking as to why is it taking much longer to DCFC charge their vehicles when using a SC.

I wouldn't be surprised if HMG is drawing up some sort of document that explains in layman's terms as to why a HMG EV owner should not expect to see 100+ kW charging speeds so that they don't start complaining about how come they're not seeing the fast DCFC speeds HMG so proudly advertises in their EV literature.

 

That's a possibility..that having been said, I think it is likely that many people will NOT use the Tesla chargers a lot while traveling. EA and others work w/o adapters and are faster. BUT sure nice to have that Tesla charger when nothing else nearby and/or your electrons are reading "empty".

 

Using EA and "work" together in the same sentence still catches me off guard 🙃.

 

And other chargers (e.g Lectron) are rated at 500A / 1000V which sure seems like a better spec..ironic that OEM goes for lesser...

Cheaper.

The box in which the KIA adapter came indicates "350A / 1,000V". Based on that, it could be used for charging at an 800V charger and would then deliver 280 kW.

It will deliver the same 240kW max the car is capable of, no more.

 

My TikTok challenge still stands. Those of your with the Kia adapter, please use it on a 400V architecture car and report back the findings - shut down or meltdown? That's what we all want to know.

 

Well, a letter from Kia states now "April". At the same time, there is a FB user claiming to have charged today at a non-MagicDock.

 

So they're moving the goal posts. Again. 🤨

 

And in April, it will be beginning of May. If the GT wasn't (and still is) the best jack-of-all-trades EV in the US, I would never have gotten a Kia. Customer loyalty with Kia for me has been lost a long time ago.

 

The goalposts that are moving is the ability to use the Kia connect app to charge at superchargers, not your ability to charge there. It is very likely that once Kia and Tesla approve the Kia connect app, or whatever Kia is doing to get approval, may work without it. But it’s all conjecture for now until it actually happens.

 

I sure hope Kia doesn't make it such that only the Kia Access app must be used to initiate a SC charging session; it makes little sense for Kia to mandate that, given that the app is not required to charge at an EA location.

 

Hmmm. So you think we'll have access to superchargers by the end of this month (without the Kia app)?

I guess we'll find out in 12 days.

 

NOT likely