Last February, the Biden administration unveiled its $5 billion plan to develop EV charging infrastructure throughout the nation. Not solely with the Department of Transportation assist states construct half one million EV charging stations by 2030, the White House additionally satisfied Tesla to share a portion of its present Supercharger community with non-Tesla EVs. On Thursday, Ford turned the primary automaker to formalize that pact with Tesla, asserting throughout a Twitter Spaces occasion that “Ford electric vehicle customers access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada,” beginning in Spring 2024, per the corporate launch.
Because Teslas makes use of a proprietary charger port design for its autos, Ford house owners will initially must depend on a Tesla-developed adapter related to the general public charging cable with a purpose to replenish their Ford F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit autos. Ford additionally introduced that, starting with the 2025 mannequin 12 months, it can swap from the present Combined Charging System (CCS) port to Tesla’s now open-source NACS cost port. These 12,000 extra chargers will be a part of Ford’s 84,000-strong Blue Oval charging station community.
“Tesla has led the industry in creating a large, reliable and efficient charging system and we are pleased to be able to join forces in a way that benefits customers and overall EV adoption,” Marin Gjaja, chief buyer officer of Ford Model e, stated within the launch. “The Tesla Supercharger network has excellent reliability and the NACS plug is smaller and lighter. Overall, this provides a superior experience for customers.”
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