By Pras Subramanian. He’s reporter for Yahoo Finance.
Beginning right now, Ford EV house owners will be capable to entry Tesla’s Supercharger community with using an adapter.
The Quick Charging Adapter — which is designed, engineered, and equipped by Tesla — shall be shipped to Ford EV house owners who enroll through Ford.com. Homeowners can use their FordPass credentials, which give them entry to Ford’s BlueOval community of chargers, to enroll in the adapter.
Ford is giving house owners one free adapter for every EV they personal, with the flexibility to buy future adapters for $230 after June 30. Nonetheless, Ford is prioritizing giving adapters out first to each Ford EV proprietor who needs one earlier than promoting extra adapters. The adapters can be found on a first-come, first-served foundation. Ford didn’t say what number of adapters it might initially have on provide.
With Ford promoting greater than 76,600 EVs final 12 months, consisting of the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning, demand ought to initially outstrip provide, Ford mentioned. Ford didn’t say whether or not it might give free adapters to new Ford EV house owners who buy autos after June 30.
As soon as house owners have their adapter and have signed up for FordPass, accessing the Tesla Supercharger community is comparatively simple. Ford house owners can use the FordPass App or the in-car Cost Help app to find one of many 15,000 Tesla Superchargers obtainable, discover an open Tesla supercharger, join the adapter to the Tesla plug, and connect with their Ford EV. The automotive will instantly begin charging, much like Tesla autos, as a result of billing data and cost prices are synched through the proprietor’s FordPass account.
The FordPass app or in-car Cost Help app will show charging prices earlier than use. One factor to bear in mind is that 1000’s of older V2 Superchargers will not assist Ford EVs, however there’ll nonetheless be 15,000 obtainable to house owners, which is greater than the 12,000 initially introduced as a consequence of Tesla’s community growth.
Yahoo Finance had the flexibility to check out the Tesla-made adapter with an F-150 Lightning at a Tesla Supercharger station in northern New Jersey, and the method was easy. The adapter itself is properly constructed and has heft, making it simpler to plug into cumbersome cost cables. The adapter slides into the Supercharger plug fairly simply, and the second you join the cable with adapter right into a Ford EV it begins charging.
Sooner or later, Ford says Tesla Supercharger location data shall be coming to Apple Maps EV Routing (with Apple CarPlay), Google Maps EV Routing (with Android Auto), and Ford Related Constructed-In Navigation, in addition to route planning. Ford additionally mentioned route planning sooner or later shall be obtainable within the Cost Help in-car app as properly.
Ford getting access to Tesla’s Supercharger community is a large benefit over non-Tesla competitors corresponding to GM, Hyundai, and Volkswagen, although the automaker famous softening EV demand in latest quarters. Ford has subsequently reduce manufacturing for its F-150 Lighting EV and is projecting to lose over $5 billion in its EV enterprise this 12 months.
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