Ford was the primary automaker to leap on board with Tesla’s charging customary (NACS), and we’re now studying how the transition from the corporate’s present CCS1 connectors to a Tesla NACS port. An X/Twitter person not too long ago grabbed a screenshot from Ford’s on-line components catalog that exhibits a J3400 (NACS) adapter on sale for the shockingly low worth of $1.
Consumer @Eric_L_Roe captured the screenshot simply in time, as Ford rapidly pulled the web page down shortly after. It’s attainable that Ford posted the web page to generate a component quantity and delivery course of for the merchandise and didn’t intend for it to be public-facing.
The @Ford J3400 to CCS adapter is now displaying up on https://t.co/TJGGZlOQTl. pic.twitter.com/rFqvBZUnxM
— Eric Roe (@Eric_L_Roe) February 21, 2024
Although it exhibits a worth, the adapter can be free for Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning homeowners within the U.S. and Canada, and Ford has confirmed that its homeowners can proceed utilizing its app to cost reasonably than needing the separate Tesla app. They may also be capable to use their car’s infotainment system to start out a charging session.
The machine seems so much like Tesla’s Magic Dock it employs at some Superchargers to allow cross-brand charging. It might be manufactured by Tesla, because the X/Twitter person identified, which, as InsideEVs identified, can be in its greatest curiosity because it’s on the hook for any issues with the charging expertise.
Transferring to Tesla’s charging customary provides Ford homeowners a wealth of latest choices to prime up their EVs, and it ought to assist alleviate a few of the hassles utilizing subpar and sometimes unreliable third-party chargers. A portion of Tesla’s Supercharger community is already open to exterior manufacturers, and the automaker has put in its Magic Dock adapter at these places to accommodate them.
We’ll doubtless see different automakers providing related merchandise as time goes on, although near-future automobiles will include the NACS plug built-in. There’s extra excellent news for potential EV homeowners, as a number of automakers have banded collectively to create further charging networks that ought to make it much less of a trouble to personal an EV and not using a residence charging setup.