Ford Will Begin Shipping The Lectron Vortex NACS to CCS1 Adapter To Its Customers

[Maineiac12]

Sounds like you got a unique email. My email said I had until October 24th to verify my address. As to shipping, it says "Ford will supply a replacement adapter in the coming weeks and provide return instructions to send back your existing adapter - both at no cost."

Nope, same email everyone else got. There were press releases and news articles quoting Ford saying that adapters would go out this week. As usual, those deadlines will likely slip.

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[electricpig]

Is there any to tell when this Rivian adapter was manufactured? Neither Rivian nor Ford can tell me.

Serial no: GF2241690000CV

Check the other thread on what's being recalled, but I think it was accepted that adapter is being recalled had the 00-D that is seem in the second line of text in your photo.

 

[Newton]

The title should be updated since it is not the Vortex adapter that Ford is shipping. That is a fairly important distinction, because the real news here is that there are now two *approved* adapters for NACS/CCS charging. Unfortunately not one that you can order on your own so far (apparently.)

 

[potato]

I can’t get it out of my head that so many people on this forum said they would never buy an aftermarket adapter because they were worried about the reliability. Now the Tesla adapter has had a fail and Ford is going with an aftermarket adapter. Those people that were so vocal about aftermarket adapters before sure seem to be quiet now.

Were people really worried about the reliability? For myself, I was/am worried about the liability, not the reliability. With unapproved third party adapters, if anything goes wrong, you are responsible for any damage to the vehicle or charger.

I haven't heard of any such damage, which is great, but the legal risk is there I think.

 

[Monkey]

I have a hunch that this new adapter co-engineered with Lectron has nothing to do with the recall of the Tesla/Ford adapters. They would’ve had to start this process long before that recall, and the issues that lead to it were identified. I’m betting they shopped around and decided to partner with Lectron for more control on production and/or design and cost of the product, rather than signing up for another round of the current adapter.

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