F-150 Lightning to gain access to Tesla Superchargers! Get standard NACS port starting 2025!

[PungoteagueDave]

I really don’t see this as big news for Ford. Once that Supercharger to CCS adapter is available it will be available to everyone, not just Ford EV owners. What it sounds like to me is that Tesla plans to continue their predatory business practices by only allowing Ford owners account access to use the adapters.

Don’t get me wrong. If I get my hands on a Tesla adapter, I will definitely use it but that still doesn’t make me a Tesla fan. It does make me feel sorry for all the other CCS EV owners that can’t use the Superchargers because their manufacturers are not buddy buddy with Tesla.

You would not have an EV alternative if it weren't for Tesla and Elon Musk, full stop. Credit where credit's due. I'm no Elon fanboi but the anti-Musk stuff is ridiculous.

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[Texas Dan]

I'm no Elon fanboi but the anti-Musk stuff is ridiculous.

Really? Explain that to a Bolt or ID4 owner trying to drive cross country when all the Ford EV owners have Supercharger adapters.

 

[Rbert]

Maybe Tesla can share software that makes Blue Cruise slow down for corners. My Tesla will slow down for speed reduced corners, my Lightning tries to plow through at full speed. Not good!

 

[ivan256]

Really? Explain that to a Bolt or ID4 owner trying to drive cross country when all the Ford EV owners have Supercharger adapters.

All 7 or 8 of them?

Let's get real here. Cross country EV drivers are a statistical non-factor in the market for the foreseeable future.

The vast majority of the benefit for Ford here is psychological (the rest is mostly regional). And it's a clear and massive strategic win for Tesla - the US #8 car maker who just got a big endorsement for their previously proprietary technology from #3.

 

[ChrisC]

It's available for SR battery trucks. There's a software activation fee, but SR owners can get Home Backup Power.

Dang! Really? Everything I saw before I ordered said that it had to be an ER battery

 

[astricklin]

It's available for SR battery trucks. There's a software activation fee, but SR owners can get Home Backup Power.

Does anyone know what this fee is, and has anyone actually done it?

 

[astricklin]

Dang! Really? Everything I saw before I ordered said that it had to be an ER battery

The ER came with the charge station pro, but Ford literature has always has a footnote that sr trucks needed a paid update to unlock.
It wasn't always as clear as it is now, but I remember seeing it on the promotional materials for home charging when it was originally published.


This is on the page with more info about home charging.

 

[BoomerRocco]

Looks like Ford is definitely leaving open charging for the adapter. Seems not certain to be sent out free to all.

 

[Zprime29]

Really? Explain that to a Bolt or ID4 owner trying to drive cross country when all the Ford EV owners have Supercharger adapters.

Easy, I would tell them to write to their respective CEO and request that said CEO get their respective head out of their you-know-what and jump on the bandwagon.

 

[F150ROD]

I really don’t see this as big news for Ford. Once that Supercharger to CCS adapter is available it will be available to everyone, not just Ford EV owners. What it sounds like to me is that Tesla plans to continue their predatory business practices by only allowing Ford owners account access to use the adapters.

Don’t get me wrong. If I get my hands on a Tesla adapter, I will definitely use it but that still doesn’t make me a Tesla fan. It does make me feel sorry for all the other CCS EV owners that can’t use the Superchargers because their manufacturers are not buddy buddy with Tesla.

You’re missing the software side of this which is HUGE

 

[Zprime29]

You’re missing the software side of this which is HUGE

I'm very hopeful that this partnership does good things for Ford's SW.

 

[F150ROD]

I'm very hopeful that this partnership does good things for Ford's SW.

Yup, Musk and Farley hinted at this.

 

[Texas Dan]

All 7 or 8 of them?

it’s more like 10s of thousands of them. Since most EV owners charge at home, the only time they even use DCFC chargers is on long trips. There are literally hundreds of thousands of postings on PlugShare where people are CCS charging on long trips, get your facts straight.

 

[EVben]

This is fantastic news.

As a former Tesla owner, having used that network, I’d pay a pretty penny for the adapter accessing SC for F150L.

Super chargers are in much more convenient places for my use and have always been more reliable.

Feels like Ford has taken some feedback to heart regarding how unreliable the current networks are and how with EVs the charging network is part of the entire ownership experience.

just hope it all plays out as presented because it’ll be a game changer for Ford EVs

 

[scottf200]

Doing a bit of backpedaling are we? EA and the Tesla Supercharger networks were just plans when they started but NEVI will be bigger than all the chargers of all the current providers put together.

Show me the numbers and projections for both.
Don't just spit out numbers you claim to have found and predict in your head.
Tesla is proving it. They also are prefabricating them to install them in weeks not months.