Ford is giving EV house owners extra time to order a free Tesla NACS adaptor. The deadline is being pushed again one other two months as Ford EV drivers wait to entry Tesla’s Supercharger community.
It’s been over a 12 months since Ford’s CEO Jim Farley joined Elon Musk on X (previously Twitter) to announce plans to undertake Tesla’s NACS adaptor.
Ford was the primary, kicking off a snowball impact, with all main automakers following go well with shortly after. With GM, VW, Stellantis, Toyota, BMW, Hyundai, Rivian, and so on. becoming a member of, Tesla’s NACS has turn out to be the brand new customary cost connector in North America.
Whereas most EVs with built-in NACS ports won’t arrive till 2025, Ford and others are providing free adaptors so drivers can entry Tesla’s Supercharger community.
Ford introduced it might open reservations for the adaptors in January. Though just a few acquired them, most are nonetheless ready.
The reservations have been initially anticipated to solely be open till June 30. Nevertheless, that deadline is now pushed again till August 31.
Ford EV drivers nonetheless ready for Tesla NACS adaptors
In April, Tesla laid off its complete Supercharger group, which has slowed progress. As Electrek reported earlier this week, Supercharger deployment has slowed considerably. And this is among the most crucial occasions as automakers look to affix in.
Tesla has deployed round 5,000 Supercharger stalls in 2024. That’s down round 19% from the 6,200 deployed final 12 months.
Ford EV drivers will not be the one ones. Just about all EV drivers (exterior of Tesla) in North America are nonetheless ready for entry to Tesla’s Supercharger community.
Those that miss the deadline can buy the adaptor for $230. Though third-party adapters can be found, they’re nonetheless not allowed entry.
After EV gross sales surged 61% in Q2, Ford remained the second best-selling EV model within the US, behind Tesla.
The information comes as Ford continues shifting EV plans after saying it would construct extra Tremendous Responsibility vehicles in Ontario, the place its next-gen EVs are anticipated to be constructed.
Supply: Forbes
