Why Ford’s Tesla Charging Adapter is Good for Tesla, Ford and the EV Industry

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:32:11 +0000

A few days ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley teased us with a picture of a Ford Mustang Mach-e EV charging at a Tesla Supercharger, Farley promised “more details coming very soon.” Today, the company officially announced that its Tesla adapter is available for retail customers to order free of charge until June 30, 2024. After that date, it will cost $230. This means owners of Ford EVs, including the Mustang Mach-e and F-150 Lightning, will be able to use Tesla Superchargers to charge their EVs at high speed.

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Lectron Tesla-to-J1772 48-Amp Adapter Review

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 17:09:00 +0000

I used to own an EV that just wasn’t suitable for road trips. When we needed to go out of town, we’d almost always take our VW Jetta instead. The car was comfortable (at least in the front seats), had decent highway gas mileage, and was generally decent for trips. But, after I traded the […]

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Lectron To Provide Tesla/NACS Connector & EVSE For Aptera

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:58:14 +0000

A couple weeks ago, we covered Aptera’s buried announcement that it will be using the Tesla/NACS plug for its vehicle. It was expected that the company would make this choice, but it was not highlighted. Days later the company announced in a blog post (as the main topic) that it would be using the Tesla […]

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Tesla Offers CCS Adapter For North America

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 02:07:48 +0000

Tesla has long offered a CHAdeMO adapter for Tesla drivers who want to be able to charge at CHAdeMO fast charging stations. But CHAdeMO is all but dead, as almost every EV on the market now uses CCS fast charging. Tesla Superchargers are all over the place and are really the only fast chargers most […]

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