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According to foreign media reports, on May 25, local time, Ford Motor announced that it had reached an agreement with Tesla, starting from the beginning of 2024, Tesla will provide Ford electric vehicle customers with the right to use more than 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the United States and Canada, which more than doubles the number of fast charging stations in Ford's North American charging network.
It is reported that the adapter developed by Tesla can connect Ford electric vehicles equipped with a combined charging system (CCS) port to the Tesla V3 supercharger. Starting in 2025, Ford will equip the next generation of electric vehicles with Tesla's charging standards, which will be directly connected to Tesla Superchargers without adapters.
Ford's electric vehicles can access more than 12,000 Tesla superchargers in North America
It is reported that through this cooperation, Ford will become the first mainstream automaker to adopt Tesla's proprietary charging standards, and then can use the largest network of high-speed superchargers in the United States. Currently, Tesla has 17,711 Supercharger stations, or about 60 percent of the total number of fast-charging stations in the United States, which can add hundreds of miles to vehicles in an hour or less.
"This cooperation between Ford and Tesla is almost equivalent to the perfect baton in the era of fuel vehicles and electric vehicles in the automotive industry"
Some insiders believe that the cooperation between Ford and Tesla is almost equivalent to the perfect baton of the era of fuel vehicles and electric vehicles in the automotive industry. Tesla CEO Musk pointed out, "We don't want Tesla's supercharging network to be like a walled garden." We hope it will support broader electrification and sustainable transportation. Ford CEO Jim Farley said, "We like the location of it [the supercharging network], as well as the reliability, the ease of use of the routing software and connectors." ”
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Earlier in the day, Farley said at a forum at Morgan Stanley, "On the infrastructure side, I think there's some room for collaboration between car companies, and that's a different approach for us." Farley believes that it is "ridiculous" that there are multiple plugs in the automotive industry's charging network, and "we can't even agree on which plug to use."
Tesla's first 10 Tesla Supercharger stations to open for pilot
In fact, this is not the first time Tesla has opened charging stations, a month ago (April 25), Tesla announced in China that it officially opened charging stations for some non-Tesla brand new energy vehicles in Chinese mainland, further promoting the "charging network open pilot plan" landing.
To this end, Tesla also renamed its own standard - North American Charging Standard (NACS)
In November 2022, Tesla opened its electric vehicle charging connector design to the world, so Tesla also renamed its own standard - North American Charging Standard (NACS). At that time, Tesla issued an announcement that the US charging network operator has planned to add NACS to its site, and the design and specification documents of NACS can be downloaded on Tesla's official website.
For open supercharging, as early as 2015, Musk emphasized that "Tesla has no plans to monopolize the supercharging network", although it will weaken Tesla's competitive advantage to a certain extent, Tesla is willing to continue to do the right thing in promoting electrification. Musk said that over time, Tesla's plan to open charging piles will be extended to the world.