Ford Electrifies Tesla Superchargers

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Ford has sent out 140,000 fast-charging adapters, allowing thousands of model year 2021 to 2024 Mach -E and Lighting drivers to access the Tesla Supercharger network.

Ford went through a nearly two-year odyssey of changes, delays, a few manufacturing missteps, and a low-grade kerfuffle with Tesla , still the country’s most dominant EV manufacturer.

Ford says getting this adapter and public charging right is vital because most of its EV customers are people switching from gas-powered cars.

Tesla was set to manufacture the Ford NACS adapters, but Ford decided Tesla wasn't moving fast enough.

Ford switched to Lectron , which manufactures EV chargers and adapters.

The companies tested the adapter in extreme cold and heat to make sure it could survive.

In October , Ford advised a number of customers to stop using their adapters; the affected products were manufactured by Tesla .

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