- Jaguar I-Pace owners in the United States can now use Tesla Superchargers.
- The move comes as more and more non-Tesla automakers are gaining access to Tesla’s ubiquitous DC fast charging network.
- Recently, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) appeared on Tesla’s website as a supported automaker. But the only EV sold by the group in the U.S. was the I-Pace.
The Jaguar I-Pace, the British automaker’s first electric car and one of the first luxury crossover EVs in the world, can finally be recharged at Tesla Superchargers in the United States.
The change went into effect earlier this month after Tesla added Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to the list of automakers that can use the expansive Supercharger network of DC fast chargers. Back in 2023, Jaguar said owners of its sleek battery-powered EV would gain access to what is widely considered to be the best fast charging network in the U.S. in 2025. Now, access is finally open to the car group’s discontinued electric car, but owners find themselves in yet another conundrum.
The Jaguar I-Pace has several recalls related to battery fire risks under its belt.
“I’m flabbergasted that this has actually happened, considering the general poor support of the vehicle,” one user of the I-Pace Forum said earlier this month. As a reminder, Jaguar’s first EV, as cool as it looks, was riddled with reliability issues. No fewer than five recalls were issued in the U.S. to try and put an end to high-voltage battery fires. The problem was so big that Jaguar decided to buy back thousands of I-Paces from the 2019 model year.
Production of the four-door crossover ended late last year. Now, owners need to strike a delicate balancing act of using charging adapters that are not approved by Jaguar while hoping their cars won’t catch fire. Back in 2023, when Jaguar announced it would gain access to Tesla’s DC fast charging network, it said owners of older vehicles would get certified charging adapters.
That hasn’t happened yet, with one company representative saying in an email that there’s no word on when NACS to CCS1 adapters will be available for I-Pace owners. As a reminder, the I-Pace has a CCS1 charging port, while the vast majority of Tesla Superchargers have NACS charging cables. Thus, a charging adapter is needed.
The problem here is that if something were to go wrong during a charging session while using an adapter that’s not approved by the manufacturer, Jaguar might say that the warranty has been voided, leaving the owner to foot the entire repair bill. But there is no Jaguar-approved charging adapter yet.
Future Jaguar EV owners shouldn’t have to deal with any of this, though. The company’s upcoming models, starting with a luxury four-door sedan, will come with a NACS charging port from the factory in the U.S., making the use of adapters at Superchargers irrelevant. It will, however, introduce the need for a CCS1 to NACS adapter for stations that offer CCS1 charging cables–and there are a lot of them out there.
