Owners of Ford electric vehicles can now use much of Tesla’s charging network in the U.S. and Canada, but there’s a hitch.

Owners of Ford electric vehicles can now use much of Tesla’s charging network in the U.S. and Canada, but there’s a hitch.

They’ll need to get an adapter that Ford will provide for free, although the company won’t start shipping those until the end of March.

Last May, Ford became the first automaker to reach an agreement with the Austin, Texas-based Tesla to charge on its network, which is the largest and most well-placed in the U.S.

  • cron@feddit.de
    16·
    8 months ago

    Looks like NACS will be the new standard for north america:

    It has been used on all North American market Tesla vehicles since 2021 and was opened for use to other manufacturers in November 2022. Between May and December 2023, many other vehicle manufacturers have announced that starting from 2025, their electric vehicles in North America will be equipped with the NACS charge port.

    Source: Wikipedia

    • APassenger@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      And this is part of why I’m holding onto my ICE. I’m low mile driver and really… I want the plug to be future proof.

      I may stay in the ICE for a while. But I’m my mind, having the “wrong” plug would bother the hell out of me.

      • pedalmore@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 months ago

        Same, I’m a low mileage driver and when I do drive it’s road trips and camping mostly. The economics of a new EV vs my long paid off outback are terrible when you drive 5k a year. Waiting for a native NACS plug is the obvious decision for us (along with the rest of the reasons to wait).

        • KimjongTOOILL@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 months ago

          They got me with the 20k off between 5 off msrp, 7.5 manufacturer incentive, and 7.5 in tax credits. There’s enough of the non NACS plugs that adapters will be pretty common for the life of the car. Personally not a big deal to throw an adapter in the car if I ever need to use a NACS plug.

          Solid state is supposedly on the horizon though. Safer and more energy per weight. Probably another 5 years