Key Takeaways
- Ford urges clients to cease utilizing Tesla Supercharger adapters attributable to potential points.
- Substitute adapters shall be supplied freed from cost within the coming weeks.
- Ford will undertake the NACS normal for future automobiles, beginning in 2025.
Ford is asking a few of its electrical automobile (EV) clients to cease utilizing its NACS adapters for Tesla’s Superchargers. The adapter first grew to become out there earlier this yr.
In accordance with a service bulletin by Ford (by way of InsideEVs), Ford mentioned the adapter has “a possible difficulty which will end in lowered charging speeds over time, and in some circumstances, cost port harm.” Ford has emailed affected clients, and solely a latest batch of the adapters is affected.
The automaker mentioned it “doesn’t advocate utilizing the adapter” and that it’ll ship a alternative “within the coming weeks.” The alternative adapter won’t value house owners something.
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Substitute adapters shall be despatched out in late October
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A Ford spokesperson confirmed to InsideEVs that changing the adapters shall be thought of a “customer support motion” and “not a recall.” Ford is asking affected clients to overview and replace their handle on their FordPass account.
Ford will reportedly begin delivery the alternative adapters to clients in late October. The corporate says clients can use the FordPass app or the in-vehicle Public Charging app for various charging choices.
In Could 2023, Ford signed an EV-charging pact with Tesla. Ford EV house owners within the U.S. and Canada had been in a position to get a free adapter to cost at Tesla Superchargers till June thirtieth. Because of provide points, the deadline was then prolonged till September thirtieth. With this new difficulty, it is unclear if that deadline shall be prolonged once more.
The NASC adapter converts North American normal CSS ports discovered on Ford’s EVs to Tesla’s proprietary NACS cable. Ford plans to undertake the NACS normal for future automobiles beginning in 2025. Different EV makers, together with Nissan and Rivian, plan to do the identical in 2025.
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