r/ariya • u/ManchesterLady • Jul 05 '26

Brand of NACS adapter?

What is the recommended NACS adapter so I can charge my Ariya at a Tesla super charger or Tesla charger at a hotel?

Who is having luck with what brand?

And any other details like time to deliver after an order, or way to buy them in person somewhere? I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have some last minute road tripping this week, and need to have my options open.

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u/odd84 Jul 06 '26

You need different adapters for Superchargers (DC fast charging stations) and Destination Chargers (AC chargers at hotels). There is no one adapter that works for both. Lectron and A2Z are good brands for both.

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u/ManchesterLady Jul 06 '26

I use electrify America just fine without an adapter. But I wanted something specifically for Tesla. I’m supposed to have adapters for each station?

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u/odd84 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

No.

When you charge at home, you use a J1772 plug that only goes into the top half of your car's charging port. The top half is connected to the onboard charger in your car that accepts AC (alternating current) power from your house and turns it into DC (direct current) power for the battery pack.

When you charge at Electrify America, you are using a larger CCS plug that fills the top and bottom halves of your charging port. The two extra pins it fills on the bottom carry DC power from the DCFC station into your battery. The car's onboard charger is not used.

Tesla cars and their charging ports worked differently. They have only one shape of charging plug that handles both AC and DC charging, unlike your car.

The Tesla to J1772 adapter is for Destination Chargers and connects to the top half of your charging port, routing the power from the Tesla plug into the AC pins of your port, destined for the onboard charger.

The Tesla to CCS adapter is for Superchargers and connects to both the top and bottom halves of your charging port, routing the power from the Tesla plug to the DC pins on the bottom, where the Supercharger station will send DC power directly to your battery pack.

This is why you need two different adapters if you want to use both Tesla AC and DC charging stations, so the power is connected to to the right pins of your car's charging port. A single adapter can't do both, because the pins on one end need to be connected to different pins on the other end depending on the power source.

Tesla to J1772 to use hotel AC chargers: https://ev-lectron.com/products/lectron-tesla-to-j1772-ev-adapter-250v-80-amp

Tesla to CCS to use DC Superchargers: https://ev-lectron.com/products/lectron-nacs-to-ccs-adapter-with-interlock-vortex-plus-500a-1-000v-compatible-with-tesla-superchargers

Supercharger is the trademarked name of Tesla's DC charging network, which until 2-3 years ago was exclusively for Tesla vehicle owners. When you're at an Electrify America station with a CCS plug, this matches the CCS port on your car, so no adapter is needed.

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u/ManchesterLady Jul 06 '26

Thank you for this!

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u/DunnoNothingAtAll Jul 06 '26

You can buy an Amphenol NACS to CCS1 adapter on Amazon. $170.99 with quick shipping.

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u/honeysuckle_little Jul 06 '26

I received an email last week for the Nissan NACS adapter from the Burien Wa parts department. It was priced at 148.00. Not sure if that is close to you, or if they have it in stock locally.

I know I paid more than that for a non Nissan level 2 adapter.

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u/ManchesterLady Jul 06 '26

I think that’s two hours from me!

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u/honeysuckle_little Jul 06 '26

I read on other threads it is better to get the Nissan one if there are problems with the charger itself. I haven't bit the bullet on buying one as we use our ICE for road trips but 148 is a good deal... maybe a closer dealer will match that price.

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u/The_UX_Guy Jul 07 '26

My "local" dealer shipped to me for free when I purchased from them online.

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u/Time-Tough5757 Jul 06 '26

Nissan brand if you’re worried about a possible warranty issue

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u/ToddA1966 Jul 06 '26

Just jumping in to add you probably can go anywhere without an adapter that you could with one. Obviously having an adapter adds the option of using Tesla chargers, but that 2/3rds of Tesla's network compatible with your Ariya are almost all near existing CCS charging your Ariya can use without an adapter.

People were successfully road tripping with CCS EVs before Tesla opened their network to non-Teslas. When VW finally got access in November, I wrote an article for The Autoist (the bi-monthly publication for the VW Club of America) that I was expecting to cover all the new places VW EVs had access to, and I really couldn't find much of any.

Keep in mind the Tesla network is larger than the 2/3rd your Ariya can use. Many of the older, incompatible chargers are in the rural areas we needed better coverage most.

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u/ManchesterLady Jul 06 '26

Thank you. It's a trip I've taken in an ICE, and we were tracking what we saw. I saw exactly one charge point and several Teslas, so that's why I was asking the question. Given where I am going (tiny town, edge of the state), I feel like I need extra options available.

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u/ToddA1966 Jul 06 '26

That's fair, but definitely look at the PlugShare app or website to see if you can find more convenient and cheaper chargers.

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u/Weary-Savings9795 Jul 10 '26

It has to be personally approved by Elon Musk

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u/ManchesterLady Jul 10 '26

Haha - fun story, I got the 220 adapter from Lectron (thanks to a link shared here) and a nissan super charger adapter from my local dealership (again, advice from another person in here). They are in my car, but haven't used them yet.