This yr, Tesla’s Supercharger community of DC quick chargers will confide in cater to simply about each EV on the market, and Ford house owners would be the first non-Tesla drivers to make the most of what’s extensively seen because the nation’s greatest fast-charging community.
That’s as a result of Ford was the primary to strike a cope with Tesla to get entry to the 22,000+ Supercharger stalls in North America. However for Ford EVs to really cost at Tesla’s DC quick chargers, house owners want an adapter as a result of Tesla makes use of the NACS port and Ford has been utilizing the CCS1 connection.
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Ford’s NACS adapter appears to be like acquainted
Homeowners of Ford-made EVs will quickly begin receiving their complimentary NACS to CCS1 adapter that willl allow them to top-up their vehicles at Tesla Supercharger stations throughout North America. As for the adapter itself, it appears to be like similar to Tesla’s personal Magic Dock adapter which is used at some Superchargers within the U.S.
That adapter will come freed from cost for house owners of Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning EV house owners in the USA and Canada, as Ford’s CEO Jim Farley mentioned final month. Furthermore, individuals who drive Ford EVs and wish to top-up at a Supercharger received’t have to make use of Tesla’s smartphone app and can be capable of use Ford’s app or the automobile’s infotainment system as an alternative.
The blue oval automaker will begin transport the complimentary adapter this spring, and now we’ve a primary take a look at what the NACS to CCS1 plug will appear like, courtesy of Ford’s on-line components catalog.
A photograph of the adapter was posted on-line and X consumer @Eric_L_Roe was quick sufficient to get a screenshot of the half as a result of the webpage didn’t survive lengthy sufficient for us to witness it.
By the appears to be like of it, it’s nearly equivalent to the so-called Magic Dock adapter that Tesla makes use of at a few of its Supercharger stations which might be open to all EV makes. The unique poster additionally went within the feedback and mentioned that the Ford adapter would possibly truly be manufactured by Tesla, which might make sense since that’s the corporate that might be accountable if something goes mistaken throughout recharging.
The screenshot says the half quantity is VRK9Z10E805A and that it’s priced at $1, however as we talked about earlier, house owners of Ford EVs will get it without cost, so it may be that the webpage that was noticed by the X consumer was only for testing functions. In spite of everything, individuals would possibly want additional adapters, and people will carry a value–simply not $1, we assume.