An all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla Supercharger station charging.
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DETROIT – Ford Motor is rolling out Tesla Supercharging capabilities to owners of its electric vehicles within the U.S. and Canada. The launch begins Thursday, but is anticipated to be supply constrained at first.
The Detroit automaker was the primary to announce a cope with Tesla to utilize the EV maker’s Supercharger network. The overwhelming majority of automakers within the U.S. have since followed. Under the deals, corporations similar to Ford will adopt Tesla’s charging port for future EV models.
Within the meantime, an adapter is required to attach non-Tesla vehicles, which utilize different charging technology, to Tesla’s network. Ford says the partnership will greater than double access to fast chargers for its owners — however it may take a while to distribute the adapters to all customers.
“We’re supply constrained as we move forward, and we do imagine within the initial phases of launch demand will exceed supply,” Ken Williams, Ford’s director of charging and energy services, said during a media briefing. “We’re going to try to administer that demand in a first-come, first-serve basis.”
Williams declined to reveal what number of adapters the corporate currently has to supply its EV customers, who within the U.S. bought roughly 140,000 EVs from Ford since 2023. The adapters are expected to start shipping to customers in late March, Ford said.
Tesla, which designed the adapter and is handling distribution of them to automakers, didn’t reply to request for comment on specifics.
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Fast chargers are able to adding a whole bunch of miles of driving range in an hour or less, depending on the vehicle. That is compared with less powerful chargers that may take hours, if not longer, to achieve this.
Automakers last 12 months began agreeing to adopt Tesla’s charging technology to realize access to its already extensive charging network in lieu of or along with constructing their very own chargers (or waiting for others similar to the federal government to achieve this).
Ford will not be receiving any revenue or paying Tesla for access to the Tesla Supercharger network, in response to a spokesman for the Detroit automaker.
Ford customers
Current Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E retail customers can reserve a free charging adapter through Ford’s owner app or at Ford.com/FastChargingAdapter by June 30, the corporate said. After that period, the adapters will cost $230 apiece.
Once at the web site, customers must login or enroll in Ford’s “BlueOval Charge Network” through its FordPass App to order an adapter. Customers who will not be yet enrolled within the BlueOval Charge Network can be prompted to enroll before ordering their fast-charging adapter.
The adapters can be mailed out based on reservations, and a few customers, depending on after they register, may experience an undisclosed wait.
Ordering a Tesla adapter for F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E
- From Ford’s dedicated site, log in to Ford Pass.
- Click on the ‘Reserve your adapter for free of charge’ button to start out the ordering process.
- Your shipping information can be prepopulated based in your Ford Pass account, just confirm that each one the data is accurate, update if needed, and click on ‘Reserve’.
- You will get a confirmation screen with helpful information on a forthcoming automated over-the-air software update and a link to Ford’s FAQ Hub.
- You will also receive a confirmation email with a link to ascertain the status of your reservation.
Ford owners will find a way to utilize the Tesla charger through the FordPass App, or Charge Assist App within the vehicle’s touch screen, which eliminates the necessity for onsite bank card use. Additionally they will find a way to make use of Tesla’s app.
The adapter is required to attach what’s referred to as a Combined Charging System (CCS) charger port, which was the U.S. industry standard, to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) system.
Under the Ford-Tesla agreement, Ford says owners as of Thursday can be granted access to greater than 15,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada.
Tesla says it has greater than 50,000 Supercharger connectors worldwide. The corporate doesn’t break out what number of are within the U.S. The U.S. Department of Energy reports the country only has about 6,900 CCS fast chargers publicly available.
With the addition of Tesla Superchargers, Ford says its BlueOval Charge Network customers have access to greater than 126,000 chargers, including over 28,000 fast chargers.
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