Ford introduced an enlargement replace of greater than 22,000 chargers to the BlueOval Cost Community, bringing the brand new community complete to greater than 106,000 chargers – and rising.
The corporate is now including entry to 3 new charging suppliers: Francis Power, Blink and soon-to-be Pink E, additional increasing handy charging choices for Ford EV clients throughout the U.S. and Canada with embedded charger routing and easy cost choices through the FordPass App.
The addition of the brand new charging suppliers, together with continued development from present charging community contributors, consists of greater than 1,700 new DC fast-chargers and greater than 20,300 Stage 2 chargers since Ford’s final charger depend replace in Might. The community now consists of entry to greater than 11,800 fast-chargers, with plans for important extra DC fast-charger development beginning within the Spring of 2024.
The addition of Blink, Francis Power and Pink E carry greater than 10,000 new chargers to the community, together with greater than 550 new DC quick chargers. The remaining BlueOval Cost Community enlargement comes from regular development from present charging community suppliers, which embrace Shell Recharge Options, Electrify America, ChargePoint, EVgo, EV Join, FLO, and Electrical Circuit.
“Steady development of the BlueOval Cost Community, together with a vital deal with dependable quick charging, stays a high precedence to supply the very best electrical driving expertise for our clients,” mentioned Invoice Crider, senior director of world charging and vitality providers, Ford Motor Firm. “With the addition of the Tesla Supercharger Community together with new quick chargers coming to Ford Mannequin e dealerships in 2024, we’re working exhausting to make vary anxiousness a factor of the previous for Ford all-electric drivers.”
The BlueOval Cost Community is a “community of networks” that gives Ford EV drivers with entry to a wide range of charging suppliers with out the necessity for a number of apps and memberships. The community supplies one seamless saved cost account by way of the FordPass App, or the in-vehicle’s touchscreen through Cost Help, that eliminates the necessity for onsite bank card use. As soon as homeowners have created a BlueOval Cost Community account, they will then choose, activate, and pay for charging by utilizing the FordPass “Discover Chargers” operate. Plus, Ford clients can take pleasure in journey planning and routing by way of FordPass Energy My Journey on each the App and within the embedded navigation system.
For business clients who have to cost on the go at a public charger, cost and billing will proceed to function seamlessly with Ford Professional Intelligence software program. The software program allows fleet operators to simply arrange a single Public Cost Administration account for centralized billing, charging logs and month-to-month invoicing, permitting them to handle charging prices regardless of the place their drivers energy up.
Ford is also sharing a rise to the estimated variety of Tesla Superchargers being added to the BlueOval Cost Community subsequent 12 months from 12,000 beforehand introduced to greater than 15,000, and rising. These quick, dependable chargers will probably be accessible subsequent spring to Ford EV clients through an adapter, which can turn into accessible on equipment.ford.com early subsequent 12 months. Pricing is but to be introduced.
Moreover, Ford Mannequin e sellers are including public-facing fast-chargers to dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada, offering new areas to the BlueOval Cost Community by early subsequent 12 months.
Greater than 80 p.c of Ford EV drivers at the moment cost at residence, creating a great possession expertise the place most clients can get up to a totally charged automobile each morning. Ford’s residence and business depot charging choices ship peace of thoughts to EV drivers, who even have entry to fast-growing public charging as wanted.
The BlueOval Cost Community is steadily rising to proceed to supply clients with extra public charging choices than every other built-in public charging community. Along with residence or depot charging options, whether or not on a every day commute or an extended highway journey, Ford EV clients are coated.
Oct 31, 2023