With all the talk of Tesla’s NACS charging connector taking over the EV industry in North America in the years to come, it’s easy to forget about CHAdeMO, the plug fitted to the Nissan Leaf, the car that was once the best-selling EV in the world. Other EVs that use the connector include the first-gen Kia Soul EV, the Mitsubishi i-MIEV and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
Nissan has sold over 650,000 Leaf EVs globally since its debut in 2010 and at least 210,000 of those made their way to North America. These are not rookie numbers by any stretch of the imagination, but with fast-charging operators steering away from the aging CHAdeMO plug to focus on NACS and CCS1, it’s getting harder and harder for Leaf owners to plan long-distance road trips. But there might be a solution, albeit a rather pricy one.
