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.

  • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    What’s limiting it to Fords now? Can anyone buy an adapter + sign up for a Tesla account, or is there an opt in process for Ford owners’ accounts?

      • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        The Ford FAQ strongly imply that you need a Blue Oval membership, but they don’t exactly say you can’t get your own adapter and pay through the Tesla app.

        A no-annual fee BlueOval Charge Network membership is required to order your Fast Charging Adapter. Your BlueOval Charge Network membership and Plug & Charge can be used to activate and pay for charging at upgraded Tesla Superchargers.

        But Electrek makes it sound like it might be Ford specific:

        Tesla Superchargers will also support Plug & Charge for Ford EVs. This means Mach-E and Lightning drivers can simply plug their car in, and it will automatically begin to charge. If you’re not enrolled in Plug & Charge, you can plug in at a Tesla Supercharger, then manually activate the charging session via the FordPass app or via your in-car screen. Notably, the Tesla app is not required at all in the process.

        • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Huh, neat.

          So I did some more poking around and it looks like the sites are also limited by brand too for the time being:

          Setting my EV type to anything else only shows Magic Dock chargers in the app. I wonder if it verifies VIN or something…

      • Duallight@lemmy.today
        1·
        9 months ago

        I know with the v4 tesla chargers that has the adapter built in, non-teslas couldn’t use them until the manufacturers made an agreement. Maybe it’s the same here? Where you can get an adapter and if your car brand has already made the deal with tesla you’re good to go. Unless Ford put software in their adapter to only work on ford’s.