Ford can now use Tesla superchargers! What you need to know
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Tesla has opened up it's supercharger network to Ford EVs! This is a huge day in electric vehicle history and I breakdown what it means for Ford EV owners!
Reserve your fast-charging Tesla adapter for Ford EVs: www.ford.com/support/how-tos/...
0:00 Intro
0:34 What does this mean?
1:40 Things to keep in mind
2:02 CORRECTION! You can subscribe in Tesla app for cheaper prices!!
2:45 What now?
4:32 Final thoughts
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The biggest problem is that EVs _not named Tesla_ will use TWO charging spots, due to your charging-inlet location which makes this must worse than it appears on face. A typical 8 stall Tesla charging location can be gridlocked with just four Ford vehicles. _What could possibly go wrong?_ Best wishes.
-- First of all, by far, the vast amount of us don't mind other EVs charging at a Supercharger.
-- The adapter is not created by Ford, it's Tesla's. It's basically the Magic Dock adapter with a disconnect button added.
-- You don't need to use the app. You just connect the adapter to the Tesla plug, then plug it into the Lighting and it starts charging in 10 to 20 seconds. This is not EA or EVgo. It just works. 99.96% of the time. No more charger anxiety for you.
-- And with the $12.99 plan per month plan, you get the same price as Tesla drivers. You can choose to only pay for that month that you're going on a long road trip. Or you can pay a one time payment of $99 for a whole year. That's basically the cost of one fill-up on an ICE F-150. However, you have to use the Tesla app to activate, so your plug and play won't likely work to get the savings at this time.
-- The Tesla app has the time of day when it's cheapest to charge on most locations. On many stations, you can pay a low as in the 20 plus cents area per kWh after 7pm, or 10pm, or whatever time are the cheapest rates the utility charges in that area. Go to the Tesla app, click on a Supercharger location on the map, and you can see this for yourself right now. And you can see both prices if you click on the "Learn More" under the "Pay Less With Membership."
-- Tesla is NOT opening any Supercharger locations which are usually super busy, or get full often. So there should not be much of a problem. Plus Tesla has millions of EVs just in the US alone. The rest combined are only a very small fraction of that. Plus they install over 20 stalls per week on average, and plan to be at 50 plus per week by the end of 2025.
-- And perhaps most important of all, if all non-Teslas park next to each other and take the stall to their left; while Teslas do the opposite on the other side of the site, only 1 stall will be lost in all. So don't feel bad thinking you're taking two spots. You're not. When done correctly, and with a little coordination on a busy site, only 1 stall in all will be lost even if the rest are all full.
Thanks for the context!
it sounds like the supercarger needs to be "upgraded" for the plug-and-charge functionality to work. I'm not sure what percentage are "upgraded". Nice to know about using the Tesla app and pricing!
@@centsible_review All Teslas have always been able to just plug in and they start to charge on Superchargers. But that's coded into all Teslas. Ford wants to use the ISO 1558 standard, meant for EA and other CCS chargers, not Tesla Superchargers. And Ford wants to use their own app for that, not Tesla's. So it's on Ford.
@@Paul-cj1wb Understood. Just trying to help inform the Ford people!