Ford will provide complimentary charging adapters to eligible F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E homeowners in order that they will entry Tesla’s Supercharger community of DC quick chargers throughout the USA and Canada.
The corporate mentioned that clients will be capable of reserve the free OEM adapters beginning this spring, and it’ll ship them on to the homeowners. CEO Jim Farley added in a put up on social media platform X, “That is our method of claiming thanks!”
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Ford EV homeowners will quickly be capable of use Tesla Superchargers
Ford will provide free NACS charging adapters to Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning homeowners in the USA and Canada in order that they will recharge their EVs at Tesla Superchargers. Clients will be capable of reserve the complimentary adapter this spring.
Ford was the primary large American automaker to strike a cope with Tesla that permits homeowners of blue oval-branded EVs to high up the batteries of their vehicles at Supercharger stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Tesla makes use of the so-called North American Charging Customary (NACS) connector on the overwhelming majority of its Supercharger stalls within the U.S. and Canada, whereas Ford EVs come outfitted from the manufacturing facility with a Mixed Charging System 1 (CCS1) inlet, therefore the necessity for an adapter.
On the finish of final yr, a Tesla consultant mentioned throughout a metropolis planning assembly in Farr West Metropolis, Utah that Ford-made EVs will achieve entry to the Supercharger community beginning in February 2024, shortly adopted by Normal Motors-built battery-powered vehicles. GM was the second automotive large to ink a cope with the Elon Musk-led firm.
When the settlement between Ford and Tesla was introduced in Could 2023, the primary EVs on the checklist had been the Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, and E-Transit beginning in early 2024. Then, “in 2025, Ford will provide next-generation electrical autos with the North American Charging Customary (NACS) connector built-in, eliminating the necessity for an adapter to entry Tesla Superchargers,” the deal talked about.
In different phrases, Ford EVs that roll off the meeting line subsequent yr will include the NACS inlet from the manufacturing facility.
Presently, the Tesla Supercharger community is the most important Degree 3 charging community on the earth with over 5,000 stations and 5,000 stalls put in globally. It’s additionally considered probably the most dependable DC quick charging community within the U.S., rating first in J.D. Energy’s EVX public charging examine final yr.