Ford was the primary automaker to leap on board with Tesla’s charging customary (NACS), and we’re now studying how the transition from the corporate’s present CCS1 connectors to a Tesla NACS port. An X/Twitter person just lately grabbed a screenshot from Ford’s on-line components catalog that reveals a J3400 (NACS) adapter on sale for the shockingly low value of $1.
Consumer @Eric_L_Roe captured the screenshot simply in time, as Ford shortly pulled the web page down shortly after. It’s doable that Ford posted the web page to generate a component quantity and transport course of for the merchandise and didn’t intend for it to be public-facing.
The @Ford J3400 to CCS adapter is now exhibiting up on https://t.co/TJGGZlOQTl. pic.twitter.com/rFqvBZUnxM
— Eric Roe (@Eric_L_Roe) February 21, 2024
Although it reveals a value, the adapter might be free for Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning homeowners within the U.S. and Canada, and Ford has confirmed that its homeowners can proceed utilizing its app to cost fairly than needing the separate Tesla app. They can even be capable of use their car’s infotainment system to begin a charging session.
The system seems to be loads like Tesla’s Magic Dock it employs at some Superchargers to allow cross-brand charging. It could possibly be manufactured by Tesla, because the X/Twitter person identified, which, as InsideEVs identified, could be in its greatest curiosity because it’s on the hook for any issues with the charging expertise.
Transferring to Tesla’s charging customary offers Ford homeowners a wealth of latest choices to prime up their EVs, and it ought to assist alleviate a number of the hassles utilizing subpar and infrequently unreliable third-party chargers. A portion of Tesla’s Supercharger community is already open to exterior manufacturers, and the automaker has put in its Magic Dock adapter at these areas to accommodate them.
We’ll probably see different automakers providing comparable merchandise as time goes on, although near-future autos will include the NACS plug built-in. There’s extra excellent news for potential EV homeowners, as a number of automakers have banded collectively to create further charging networks that ought to make it much less of a trouble to personal an EV with no dwelling charging setup.