Ford is making some adjustments to the way it handles its EV charging equipment.
Beginning at present, anybody that wants a NACS adapter must shell out $200. The adapters have been co-developed by Ford and Lectron, and are rated for as much as 500 amps and 1,000 volts. The adapters went via a battery of checks, together with being run over by a truck and submerging them in water, to make certain they have been as much as the duty of connecting Ford EVs to Tesla Superchargers.
Beginning at present, anybody that wants a NACS adapter must shell out $200.
In a weblog publish, Ford’s head of charging and power service Ken Williams prolonged his gratitude to everybody who waited for a complimentary charger: “Each complimentary adapter reserved by our U.S. prospects has been shipped. From buyer reservation No. 1 in Austin, Texas, to buyer reservation #139,936 in Waconia, Minnesota, we’re actually grateful for many who have charged with us (and patiently waited for us).”
Ford additionally touted the expansion of its BlueOval Charging Network, which now contains Tesla’s Supercharger locations as among the many stations the place Ford EV homeowners pays for charging utilizing their Ford Go app. The community now contains greater than 180,000 chargers at greater than 50,000 charging areas, representing a 40 p.c improve from early 2024.
The corporate is making different updates to assist its prospects use Tesla’s EV charging stations. EV homeowners who use Apple Maps through CarPlay will now be routed to close by Superchargers when planning a visit that may require charging, Ford said.