This will be disappointing news for Kia drivers who are ready to try out the new stations. With Jan. 15 only one day away, some Kia owners took to Reddit today to question whether

Kia EV owners are gaining access to more than 16,500 Tesla chargers by the end of the first quarter of the year.

Kia has pushed the date back for offering access to Tesla’s Superchargers, saying such access now is planned for the first quarter of 2025.

Kia's timeline for Tesla Supercharger access has been pushed back from Jan. 15 to spring 2025. "A delay has occurred and we are working with the appropriate teams to confirm new availability/date," James Bell, Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at Kia, tells PCMag via email.

The original plan had Kia joining the network on January 15, 2025, but the automaker confirmed it has pushed that date into early spring.

With more than 60,000 Superchargers in operation, Tesla’s signature electric vehicle-charging network is almost inarguably the best in the world. Once the company opened this system up to other automakers,

We were expecting Kia to gain access to Superchargers any day now, but now that access will be delayed until sometime in Q1.