Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk collectively on Thursday introduced that Ford is planning to shift to Tesla’s charging interface—and the superior fast-charging expertise of Tesla Superchargers—beginning with its next-generation EVs in 2025.
These next-generation fashions can have the acquainted Tesla port, known as North American Charging Commonplace (NACS), inbuilt, with charging at Tesla Supercharger stations requiring no adapter.
As new Ford EVs are launched, it will likely be abandoning the CCS commonplace within the U.S. utterly. When requested whether or not next-generation Ford EVs can have the CCS port, Ford replied to Inexperienced Automobile Reviews: “Gen 2 EVs with the NACS port can have the choice of charging at CCS chargers through an adapter.“
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
Within the meantime, Ford F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit autos which have the Mixed Charging System (CCS) port will have the ability to cost at 12,000 Tesla Superchargers throughout the U.S., with a Tesla-developed adapter that will likely be in manufacturing early subsequent yr.
“We’re completely dedicated to the NACS interface itself going ahead,” stated Farley, on a Twitter Areas occasion with Musk that served because the reveal stage for the announcement.
“It is a actually large deal for our prospects,” added Farley, who pointed to the convenience of use of the connector and the reliability of it.
Tesla Supercharger community, however Ford’s app
Ford prospects will not want to make use of the Tesla app, both, as Musk confirmed. “We’re super-happy to assist Ford autos with the Tesla Supercharger community, and in addition present API entry so a Ford automobile can cost at a Tesla Supercharger utilizing the Ford app, seamlessly,” he stated.
“We do not need the Tesla Supercharger community to be a walled backyard…we wish it to be one thing that’s supportive of electrification and sustainable transport typically,” added Musk.
Ford’s govt workforce simply earlier this week previewed Ford’s Gen 2 EVs, together with a three-row EV that may get 350 miles of vary from round 100 kwh. Farley stated that Ford is not going to 600-mile EVs, and it is prioritizing all of the effectivity beneficial properties that may enable smaller batteries for a aggressive vary. He talked about that the selection of the Tesla commonplace had a task in that, in making it simpler for the shopper.
Tesla Supercharger connector – now known as NACS
Quick-charging will likely be enabled by a special piece of {hardware} out there for Ford autos than the Magic Dock equipped for CCS autos at some Supercharger stations. The cost price for Ford EVs won’t be restricted at Supercharger stations, Musk assured, noting that these fashions will cost at “regardless of the bodily restrict is.”
“We’ll make it possible for the adapter is just not the limiting issue,” clarified Musk, who earlier within the session stated that “it’s in our intent to do all the things potential to assist Ford and have Ford be on equal footing.”
If extra automakers or charging firms resolve to pivot to NACS, which will go away the U.S. charging panorama with a transparent winner, after years of conversations about charger reliability that just lately have warranted consideration from the federal authorities. Tesla’s commonplace was delivered within the Mannequin S beginning in 2012 and predates CCS, which didn’t arrive in any manufacturing EV till late 2013—GM’s Chevy Spark EV. The CHAdeMO commonplace for fast-charging arrived three years earlier than the Mannequin S, however {hardware} wasn’t put in within the U.S. till after Tesla had already devised its personal commonplace.