Ford’s initiative to supply its electrical car house owners with a fast-charging adapter for entry to hundreds of Tesla Superchargers is not going as deliberate. We reported final week that Ford prolonged the deadline for its EV house owners to get the complimentary North American Charging Normal (NACS) adapter from June 30 to August 31 resulting from provide challenge. Now Ford is saying there is a additional delay to delivering all the NACS to CCS adapters it promised.
In an e-mail that went out to Ford’s electrical car house owners this afternoon, the automaker cited provide chain constraints for the delay. It added that the corporate was “quickly working” to extend the manufacturing of the NACS to CCS adapters and ship them to clients “as quickly as potential.” It is unclear if meaning the August 31 deadline to order a free adapter is additional prolonged.
NACS adapters for non-Tesla EV house owners.
Tesla Superchargers make for the most important and most dependable charging community within the U.S. Up till lately, it was solely open to Tesla house owners. Some stations provided an integral “magic dock” adapter for non-Tesla EVs. However now Tesla is working with all main automakers to supply house owners with a transportable NACS-to-CCS adapter for entry to the Supercharger community.
This is what Ford mentioned to clients in an e-mail:
As a result of ongoing provide constraints, there’s a additional delay of your complimentary Quick Charging Adapter. We all know that is irritating. Thanks to your continued persistence.
To expedite your adapter supply, we’re quickly working with our provide base to extend high-quality manufacturing. We’re assured we may have an answer within the coming weeks. As adapter provide will increase, our purpose is to work as quick as potential to get your adapter to you.
We are going to proceed to replace you on the estimated timing of your adapter. Within the meantime, ensure you’re able to Plug & Cost with Tesla Superchargers by setting your car’s automated software program updates to “On.”
Final yr, Ford struck a take care of Tesla to open up its expansive Supercharger community in North America. Ford would first provide Supercharger entry to its clients with a NACS to CCS adapter. 2026 onwards, Ford EVs are anticipated to return with the NACS port built-in. The deal set-off a sequence response within the business, with all main U.S. automakers, together with GM, Rivian and others following go well with.
Nonetheless, the Tesla-made NACS adapter rollout has been relatively gradual. A number of Mach-E and F-150 Lightning house owners whose NACS adapter supply window was June or July claimed that the supply timeline has been pushed to September. Just some Rivian and Ford house owners have obtained their adapters to date. Based on Tesla’s web site, GM, Volvo, Polestar and Mercedes-Benz are subsequent in line to obtain NACS help.
“Whereas we proceed to often ship adapters (as we’ve got since Could), we’re unable to share particular numbers or touch upon particular clients. I’ll reiterate that we’re sending them out as quick as we will get them and can preserve doing so,” a Rivian spokesperson instructed InsideEVs. We additionally reached out to Ford and Mercedes, who didn’t reply to our requests for remark.
GM’s EV clients had been additionally anticipated to obtain their NACS adapters this yr, however that hasn’t occurred but. GM responded to our request for remark however did not point out the precise purpose behind the gradual rollout.
“We’re working as rapidly as potential to open up entry to the Supercharger Community for our clients and delivering a seamless charging expertise is our precedence,” a GM spokesperson instructed InsideEVs. “GM continues to increase charging infrastructure all through North America, with GM drivers presently gaining access to greater than 195,000 chargers. We consider that entry to charging is one of the simplest ways serve our clients and develop the EV market.”
Quick Charging Adapter (NACS)
Based on Bloomberg, Tesla is manufacturing the NACS-to-CCS adapters at its facility in Buffalo, New York and delivery them to partnering automakers. Tesla fired its complete 500-member Supercharger workforce early this yr because it pivots to AI and robotaxis. Hundreds of employees at its Buffalo manufacturing unit had been impacted by the layoffs as effectively, Reuters reported. Since then, Tesla rehired lots of those that had been fired.
The delay in bringing the NACS-to-CCS adapters, nonetheless, is impacting buyer’s shopping for selections. On Rivian Boards, a number of Rivian house owners declare that they obtained their NACS to CCS adapters about two weeks after getting an e-mail notification from Rivian.
However Ford house owners are upset. “Quick charging has at all times been hit and miss within the Northeast the place I stay,” David Zachow, a Ford F-150 Lightning proprietor instructed InsideEVs. “Tesla Supercharging has been a gold customary for reliability of lengthy distance journey. [The adapter deal] was a significant component in buying a F-150 Lightning which I did lower than every week after the deal was introduced,” he added.
It is unclear what the precise roadblock is in rolling out the NACS adapters. However till that occurs en masse, many homeowners reminiscent of Zachow might should pause their summer season road-tripping plans.