Notice what that the announcement said: Ford EV drivers gaining access to the Supercharger network.
Notice what the announcement does not say: the Supercharger network is available for any EV driver to charge anywhere.
I’m well aware. I never said the Supercharger network is open to any EV currently or in the near future.
Your whole point this far has been Ford paid for it. They paid for it. They paid for it. They paid for it. No one else can access the superchargers unless the manufacturer has paid for it. You’ve said it many times in many threads.
I’m saying that’s not necessarily true.
1. Tesla already has mechanisms in place and in use right now for non-Tesla vehicles to access Superchargers without the other auto manufacturer paying for anything. Eg the Magic Dock locations in the US and the opened chargers in Europe.
2. If Ford is paying for anything, they are paying for Tesla to help work together on integration of Plug and Charge and automatic payment with Ford Pass on the back end. Not necessarily for the Supercharger access itself.
3. Tesla is most likely charging Ford or Ford customers a premium as they already do for the opened Superchargers elsewhere. If they are already profitable like they claim to be by offering charging at the Tesla only rates, any additional fees they collect from CCS cars would just be sugar on top. That’s how Tesla would make money from this agreement.
V3 superchargers already have CCS communication capability so
in theory if a physical adapter existed, any CCS car with an adapter could plug in and communicate with a Supercharger stall. The missing part of the equation is activating the charge session and paying for it.
If Tesla should so choose to do so in the future, they can easily allow all CCS cars to charge at a supercharger at the flip of a switch. Tesla can have people use their self provided CCS1 adapter and activate/pay via app (eg what they already do at Magic Dock locations and in Europe), or they could come out with a “smart” plug and charge adapter that is linked to a Tesla account for automatic billing and bypass the other automaker, or partner with other automakers to provide direct plug and charge integration with Tesla on the back end (eg what Ford is doing). For the last option, Tesla probably would want them to implement NACS before working with another automaker on plug and charge at Superchargers.
carrying good news just yet.
