{"id":9905,"date":"2024-02-29T22:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9905"},"modified":"2024-02-29T22:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:50:48","slug":"teslas-charging-network-is-now-open-to-other-evs-and-ford-is-first-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9905","title":{"rendered":"Tesla's Charging Network Is Now Open to Other EVs\u2014and Ford Is First in Line"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Every six months, the automotive research company J. D. Power surveys some 5,000 US electric vehicle<\/a> owners about their experiences driving their battery-powered cars<\/a>. The latest edition of this survey<\/a>, out this week, found that EV\u2019s perennial bugbear is still bugbearing. In fact it has gotten worse: Drivers say they are even more<\/em> dissatisfied with the availability of public charging stations<\/a> than they were a year ago.<\/p>\n

In North America, additional charging stations are on their way, thanks in part to a US federally funded program<\/a> that seeks to get at least half a million more in the ground by 2030. But in this messy middle period, automakers have come up with another solution: Let Tesla<\/a> take care of it.<\/p>\n

Tesla has the most widespread and dependable charging network<\/a> in the United States. (In fact, the new survey found that upscale EV drivers are more likely to be happy with public charging\u2014and the majority of them drive Teslas.) It also has a unique charging plug, called the North American Charging Standard. Nearly every global automaker has now pledged to add that plug to its electric vehicles<\/a>, allowing its drivers to tap into the Tesla charging network.<\/p>\n

Ford<\/a> piloted the \u201clet Tesla take care of it\u201d model last May, when it announced it would adopt that plug. Its EVs will come with the connector standard by 2025. And starting today, existing drivers of the Mach-E Mustang<\/a> and Lightning pickup truck<\/a> will get access to a hearty chunk of Tesla\u2019s Supercharger network, courtesy of free adapters<\/a> that they can order off a website<\/a> that Ford just launched. The adapters will be gratis between now and July; after that, they\u2019ll retail for $230, Ford says. The company expects the adapters to begin shipping in late March.<\/p>\n

Tesla Saves Best New Chargers For Its Own<\/p>\n

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