Telsa and Ford announced today that many Tesla owners have been freaking out. in Twitter Spaces He speaksTesla CEO Elon Musk and his counterpart Jim Farley said that starting next spring, all current and future Ford electric cars will have access to about 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in North America.
The move helps Tesla qualify for a share of the billions in federal dollars offered to improve the electric vehicle charging experience in America. However, for Tesla owners, that could mean longer waits at charging stations — even as many have already complained about crowds at charging stations.
“That’s the only thing I worry about — whether it will increase congestion,” said John Sergeant, owner of Tesla in Seattle. Wall Street Journal in feb. He added that even without non-Tesla’s devices for the coveted spaces, “they really need to put more superchargers in them.”
Not that Musk hasn’t indicated that the day will come. He indicated a few years ago that his automaker would eventually open up its network to others. Then in February, White announced “a set of actions aimed at creating a convenient, reliable, and Made-in-America charging network for electric vehicles (EV) so that the Great American Road Trip can be electric,” as part of Low’s bipartisan $7.5 billion investment in charging infrastructure. electric vehicles.
The White House said Tesla will for the first time open up part of its Supercharger and Destination Charger network in the United States for non-Tesla vehicles, making available at least 7,500 chargers for all electric vehicles by the end of 2024.
Musk reiterated today that he doesn’t want Tesla charging stations to be a “walled garden,” adding, “We intend to do everything we can to support Ford and make Ford equal in Tesla Superchargers.”
Current Ford cars will need an adapter at Tesla stations, but the second generation of them in 2025 will use the standard North American Tesla charging connector.
Last November, Tesla said it would share its EV connector design with other automakers, writing on its blog: “We call on charging network operators and auto manufacturers to put the Tesla charging connector and charging port, now called the North American Charging Standard (NACS), on their equipment and vehicles.
Speaking to Musk today, Ford’s Farley praised Tesla’s charging stations: “This is a really big deal for our customers… We love locations, we love reliability… It’s so amazing what you and your team have done for customers.”
Tesla customers who use these stations now, understandably, don’t have much excitement.
