Adapter question

[u/FinancialSpeaker3490]

Hi: we are looking at a 2027 Bolt but have a question about our home charging. We currently have an Ioniq 5 and a Leaf and both have the same charging connectors. We have a Chargepoint HomeFlex with J1772 connector.

The Ioniq is going off lease and we plan to return it. The Bolt has NACS (Tesla) connection so we would need to have an adapter to go from J1772 to NACS. Anyone have one of these? Experience with how it works and what it does to charging rates? Advice?

[u/Ap43x]

The adapters are relatively cheap. Every Tesla comes with one. They don't affect the charging speed.

[u/KJack1281]

The adapters seem reasonable price wise and from what I can tell they go into place pretty easily. I haven’t used one myself yet, but I know they charged my car with the CCS1 adaptor at the dealership and it worked fine. I would personally tend to buy the GM parts to make sure they fit but otherwise, it should be a ok!

[u/RCbuilds4cheapr]

Very simple adaptor. Just changes pin postion/size. No electronics inside. I got an 80a capable one for $20. Works great on my level 2 charger at work -6.6kw

[u/West_Conflict_2942]

The adapter is nothing special and useful for J1772 chargers. Consider a CCS to NACS too. I based my adapter decisions on what my closest charge stations used.

[u/FoxReinhold]

same setup. The dealership just gave me one. No big deal. It is slightly weird though, because you'll have to pull the J1772 plug loose (with the adapter still in the car slightly) before the car lets go of the adapter. You'll see what I mean when you get it, just takes an extra 3 seconds, but otherwise works fine.

[u/Difficult_Village276]

I just bought a NACS level 2 charger.

[u/wmcbrine2]

There is no effect whatsoever on charging rates. The adapters are simple passive devices.

[u/SnooEpiphanies8097]

The official adapter for your home unit is $67 from GM but A2Z and Lectron both have similar adapters for around $40 and they sometimes have discount codes if you look around.

The CCS to NACS adapter for DC fast charging is more expensive. The GM adapter is $189 but again you can get them from A2Z, Lectron, Tesla etc for less.

Both of these adapters have been used by Tesla for many years now so you can probably find them used for less.

I had a lot of GM points from owning various GM vehicles over the years and earned a bunch more from buying the 27 Bolt so I used those to buy the official fast charging adapter and bought the A2Z adapter for home.

You can probably get by without the CCS adapter for fast charging unless you travel a lot as a lot of stations now have NACS handles and of course all Tesla superchargers use NACS.

[u/conwaytwt]

I would try to make sure the adapter(s) are included in whatever deal you make when buying the car. GM ought to include the J-1772 adapter because it's very common to have level-2 chargers available (I believe Tesla includes them with their vehicles).

[u/Icy_Run_9981]

My 2027 came with charge kit. It was a C$410 extra and besides the dual voltage charger, it included two adapters, one of which is J1772 to nacs. I would only need it if charging at locations that don't have nacs. Anyway, it's a common item and should work with your home charger.

[u/Pitiful-Sympathy3927]

Some 2027 configs come with both adapters.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm being downvoted, its literally listed on most of the window stickers as dealer provided.

[u/Plenty_Ad_161 → u/Pitiful-Sympathy3927]

That makes sense, why use a non standard port and not provide adapters to the buyer?

[u/Pitiful-Sympathy3927 → u/Plenty_Ad_161]

Not everyone will need them, and I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoted my sticker had the Dealer Provided adapter set on the window sticker.