Can the Ford Charge Station Pro be used to charge EVs besides Ford's?

[SteveMeister]

Hard to find an answer to this. My '23 Lightning Lariat ER came with a Charge Station Pro. I also have a Chevy Bolt EV, and I've been charging that with a Juicebox 40 for over 6 years. I know that Charge Station Pro is not a DC fast charger, despite using a CCS connector. I have not had my Charge Station Pro installed yet in part because I need to know whether it can charge my Bolt as well.
Apologies if this has already been answered!

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[Mustang11s]

As long as your bolt has the ccs fast charge option.

 

[SteveMeister]

It does have a full CCS port.

 

[djwildstar]

I don't have any practical experience, but my understanding of the situation is:

The Ford Charge Station Pro can charge most battery electric vehicles that have a CCS1 socket. The FCSP puts normal Level 2 charging voltages and signals on the J1772 portion of the CCS plug, so most vehicles treat it as a normal Level 2 charger and ignore the presence of the extra pins. I have heard that a few battery vehicles detect a connection on the CCS pins and try to initiate DC fast charging despite the presence of Level 2 charging signals on the J1772 connector. Offhand I don't know which vehicles these are, or even if the problem hasn't been resolved with a software update.

The Ford Charge Station Pro cannot charge plug-in hybrid vehicles or other electric vehicles that have only the J1772 connector without the CCS DC pins, and (of course) cannot charge vehicles that use a different charging standard altogether (such as ChaDeMo, etc.).

 

[F150ROD]

It can’t charge Teslas even with the CCS adapter sue to the whole AC DC scenario posted above. After reading a bit more, it’s not the FCSP but the actual adapter that was made for DC Fast Charging and not at home charging.

Not sure if the Bolt will work the same way as Tesla

 

[Old Aviator]

Hard to find an answer to this. My '23 Lightning Lariat ER came with a Charge Station Pro. I also have a Chevy Bolt EV, and I've been charging that with a Juicebox 40 for over 6 years. I know that Charge Station Pro is not a DC fast charger, despite using a CCS connector. I have not had my Charge Station Pro installed yet in part because I need to know whether it can charge my Bolt as well.
Apologies if this has already been answered!

I had visitor yesterday with a rented Bolt that needed a charge as it was under 20% and had to be turned in the next morning above 80% Plugged the FCS in and Bolt screen came on as charging. I did not look at the time but seems it was at 100% (260) miles in around 6 hours. The vehicle controlled the charging and shut it down at 100%. No clue as to being able to limit the charge with the Bolt software as i never look at it or the FCS app.

So it will charge a Bolt and seems to be pretty damn fast for Level 2 charger.

 

[VTbuckeye]

I had visitor yesterday with a rented Bolt that needed a charge as it was under 20% and had to be turned in the next morning above 80% Plugged the FCS in and Bolt screen came on as charging. I did not look at the time but seems it was at 100% (260) miles in around 6 hours. The vehicle controlled the charging and shut it down at 100%. No clue as to being able to limit the charge with the Bolt software as i never look at it or the FCS app.

So it will charge a Bolt and seems to be pretty damn fast for Level 2 charger.

Older bolts have a 7kw charger. I've seen recent window stickers with a 11kw charger. A 65kWh battery with 11kW charging makes for relatively fast charging (like if the lightning ER had 22kW charging or if a SR could charge at 17kW). As for charge limiting with a bolt, it is controlled in the car (can be set in 5 percent increments).

 

[ivan256]

I've charged a Bolt with my FCSP. Worked fine.

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