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V4 Tesla stations open to Ford EVs?

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so, what I've found with the Ford Pass App, and Tesla Superchargers, is that the Ford Pass App is actually simply a way to ACTIVATE a charge station, no matter what 'Brand', and that this Activation will apply to ANY vehicle, such as my wife's KIA EV9... which, on it's own, is not able to activate a Supercharger thru the Tesla App, yet, but CAN be activated with the Ford Pass App...

so, yes, the station does not know, or care, WHAT vehicle or brand is charging, the Ford Pass App is simply activating the Charging START... a nice feature if you own another brand that is not yet able to activate 'on it's own'... or, because you simply like the way the Ford Pass App activates AND passes thru the charges directly from your Ford BLUE OVAL account billing mechanism... which I like.
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I charged at Buc-ee's in Auburn yesterday. Adapter was required at the station I used. This was the first time I had used a Tesla charger. The FordPass app was flaky for the first few minutes. When I went to Public Charging in the app, initially only the map was showing. No charge stations were showing for selection and activation. I switched in and out of the app a few times, and suddenly all the Tesla stations appeared. Everything worked flawlessly after that. I charged from 49% to 80% in 19 minutes.
Thanks. That additional information is helpful. I always come prepared with two adaptors. I use the Tesla app when I deal with Tesla Charging Stations.
You may had problems initially because the installed stations are fairly new.
 
 







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