The A2Z NACS To CCS & CCS To NACS Adapters – CleanTechnica Tested

Last Updated on: 29th May 2025, 06:59 pm

Thankfully, North America has converged on a single fast charging standard for EVs — the North American Charging Standard, or NACS for short.

With most manufacturers agreeing to use this standard in their vehicles natively in the coming years, we can look forward to a world when all fast chargers and all vehicles in the US can play together nicely. Unfortunately, we still live in a world where many vehicles are still sold with a CCS charging port on them and many chargers around the world still sport CCS plugs.

Disclaimer: A2Z provided the NACS-CCS adapter and the CCS-Cybertruck NACS adapter to the author free of charge for the purposes of this review. 

The solution to this varied charging landscape is adapters that let the much needed electric juice flow between CCS vehicles and NACS chargers or NACS vehicles using CCS chargers.

A2Z emerged as an early producer of quality fast charging adapters and was the only company offering a CCS adapter for the Tesla Cybertruck. Tesla inexplicably designed the fenders of the vehicle around a square charging outlet door that prevents it from using the CCS adapter they sell.

A2Z also makes adapters that allow CCS vehicles to charge on Tesla’s NACS-compabile Superchargers and normal-sized adapters for Teslas other than the Cybertruck looking to charge at CCS fast chargers. Their adapter for the Cybertruck has an extended NACS adapter that lets it stick out further than the wide fenders on the Cybertruck allowing you to use a CCS fast charging station.

After picking up my Cybertruck, I reached out to A2Z to see if we could put this adapter to the test and while they were at it, they also sent along the CCS-NACS adapter which I was able to test out on our recent Rivian R1S loaner.

Starting with the Cybertruck adapter, I put it to use a series of road trips I went on when I first picked up the Cybertruck. In just the first 3 months of ownership, I put a staggering 15,000 mi on the truck, which you can read about in my full review of the Tesla Cybertruck. Along the way, I had the opportunity to lean on the CCS network thanks to A2Z’s adapter. Doing so allowed me to top off the truck at more convenient locations along my travels.

Most recently, we used A2Z’s Cybertruck adapters to charge up on a week-long off-road adventure around Kanab, Utah. The city has three Chargepoint CCS fast chargers with no Tesla Superchargers to speak of. Without the A2Z Cybertruck adapter, we would not have been able to explore this area as thoroughly as we did. Every single day, we pulled out a pair of these adapters and knew we would be able to charge. They did not let us down.

Similarly, the CCS adapter on the Rivian R1S saved the day on our trip to the Sedona-Flagstaff-Williams areas of Arizona. On that trip, I had planned to stop at the Electrify America station in Williams, Arizona, but when I arrived at the Electrify America station in Williams, it was inexplicably shut down.

Thankfully, I had the CCS to NACS adapter and was able to drive a few blocks over to the brand new Tesla V4 station in Williams, Arizona, and charge up the Rivian there. It’s exactly that kind of flexibility A2Z’s fast charging adapters are perfect for.

You might have it sitting in the back cubby of your trunk for a few weeks, never needing it. But on that random occasion when the need does arise, it can be an absolute game changer to have the right adapter.

In terms of the quality of the adapters, they feel extremely solid and are built with durable plastics. They feel like they will stand on the test of time. A2Z ships both sets of adapters in hard shelled zipper cases with foam inside to keep the adapter safe and sound until duty calls.

Whether you’re on Team NACS or Team CCS it’s worth heading over to A2Z’s website to pick up an adapter.  The standard CCS to NACS charging adapter is $111 while the Cybertruck variant will set you back $118. Flipping that around, the NACS to CCS adapter for vehicles with CCS ports looking to charge on NACS fast chargers will set you back $170.