Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:48:40 +0000
GM has joined Ford in agreeing to install NACS charging equipment in its electric cars so drivers can use the Tesla Supercharger network.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:28:16 +0000
Ford is on track to sell between 40,000 and 50,000 electric vehicles in the US this year. That’s not good. Yet, first-quarter sales imply Ford will be the 3rd best selling automaker in the EV industry in 2023. Tesla, meanwhile, is on track to sell about 640,000 electric vehicles in the US in 2023. So, […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 03:14:48 +0000
Although electric vehicles have taken huge steps toward mainstream adoption over the past few years, at least one major barrier remains. As Tesla and others work to expand their charging networks, consumers may still struggle to go electric until public charging becomes more extensive — and reliable. A new article from The Atlantic posits that […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:35:54 +0000
EV charging in North America includes CCS and NACS. Ford saying it will add NACS to its cars has increased the tension between the two considerably.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 21:35:05 +0000
A few days before Ford announced it was going to use Tesla’s plug for future vehicles, the company had a range of other announcements. The big news stuffed those bits of news into the memory hole somewhat rapidly, before many of us had a chance to unpack them further. In this article, I want to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 04:14:11 +0000
Yesterday’s announcement that Ford’s future vehicles would be equipped with Tesla’s NACS charging connector (Supercharging port) signaled a big shift in the industry. Before the announcement, Tesla was using its plug and everyone else was using the CCS1 plug in the United States. It seemed like this would continue indefinitely, as manufacturers of both vehicles […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 15:35:35 +0000
Ford CEO Jim Farley met with Elon Musk on a Twitter Space to announce that Ford will be adopting Tesla’s NACS plug for future cars, starting in 2025 with next-gen vehicles. While this will probably end up being a good move for the industry, we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out as […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 00:01:07 +0000
Ford and Tesla came out with a big announcement today. Starting in 2025, Ford will bring electric vehicles to market that will include Tesla’s Supercharging port — also now called the North American Charging Standard (NACS). That means Ford electric vehicles will have the best charging access in the United States, unless something changes, as […]
Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 23:58:09 +0000
On a Twitter spaces discussion earlier today, Ford CEO James Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussed a partnership whereby Ford EVs will gain access to Tesla’s extensive high-speed Supercharger network of over 12,000 high-speed chargers starting in 2024. Why does this matter? Tesla’s Supercharger network is widely recognized as being the most widespread and […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 02:21:29 +0000
Ford has had a busy week. It signed a deal for lithium from a US source and hinted it may consider fixed pricing for some of its cars.