Where is the Tesla Adapter??

[67 Stang Convertible]

When will these elusive adapters be ready from Ford or Tesla. Yes, I'm aware of a 3rd party one already available. I would prefer one made by TESLA since it is their proprietary software/hardware. February is now less than 5 weeks away !!! As we have all seen the video this week of a local gov't commission speaking the the Tesla Employee stating Ford and GM will be "on-line" come February 2024. Well, we need adapters for this!!!! And Cat Guy from Hawaii, I'm already ready for your "Soon Tm" response. ???

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[mattyhillnepp]

Online doesn’t mean ready for general use, and spring 2024 is a long window and is still a long way off.
I’d rather they make sure it all work tbh.

 

[generaltso]

When will these elusive adapters be ready from Ford or Tesla.

2024

 

[thekat03]

I assume they won't be made available until February, at soonest.

 

[Ghost Ryder]

Spoken to my contacts at ford. They said it will be available for purschase....Soon.

 

[HuntingPudel]

I assume they won't be made available until February, at soonest.

And for the product managers, that means February 29th. Or February 30th if it’s a leap year. ??

 

[Mach-Lee]

Spoken to my contacts at ford. They said it will be available for purschase....Soon.

At this point I have no idea if you're joking or serious, but "soon" is always the answer either way... ?

 

[AngryMan]

 

[AKgrampy]

The Post Office has asked them to wait until after their rate increase takes effect so they can also profit from so many being ordered.

 

[mburtsvt]

First things first. Tesla has to switch the sides of the chargers so they will work with the charge port in the front left side. I'm thinking some time in 2030.

 

[4sallypat]

What is percentage of Tesla charge towers that will be available to non Tesla charging ?
20% ?

I don't think Tesla would allow access too all 100% of their chargers for non Tesla - can you imagine seeing EVs that block 2 spots ?

With how busy most Tesla chargers are without non Teslas; I can see a revolt from Tesla owners, fist fights, cars damaging each other struggling to fit into a charge stall, etc....

 

[tbrumleve]

What is percentage of Tesla charge towers that will be available to non Tesla charging ?
20% ?

I don't think Tesla would allow access too all 100% of their chargers for non Tesla - can you imagine seeing EVs that block 2 spots ?

With how busy most Tesla chargers are without non Teslas; I can see a revolt from Tesla owners, fist fights, cars damaging each other struggling to fit into a charge stall, etc....

There are ~20,000 Tesla stalls. Farley said 12,000 would be opened to Ford. Probably just the V3/V4 stalls. I believe the older V2 stalls use a slightly different comms protocol, thus can’t be used. Those are being replaced rather quickly.

 

[ThatGuyLando]

I think Tesla/Ford said something about 2024, so we might see them by 2026 if we're lucky. But you might want to wait for people to test the first wave of them first then get the upgraded/fixed version around 2028

 

[DaleL]

First things first. Tesla has to switch the sides of the chargers so they will work with the charge port in the front left side. I'm thinking some time in 2030.

I don't think the Superchargers I use on my trips from Florida to Ohio have a long enough cable to connect to a Mach-e, unless it is parked parallel to the chargers. There was one that was just barely long enough for my Tesla. A Mach-e parked parallel would take up 3 to 4 charging spots. An adapter with 4 or 5 foot extension cable is needed. Perhaps that is what is taking Ford so long to get one out. It is unfortunate that the charge port location on EVs was not standardized years ago.

 

[hack-e]

There are ~20,000 Tesla stalls. Farley said 12,000 would be opened to Ford. Probably just the V3/V4 stalls. I believe the older V2 stalls use a slightly different comms protocol, thus can’t be used. Those are being replaced rather quickly.

Ford made it clear they were referring to V3 Superchargers in the message they sent to us Ford EV owners:

They later said it will be 15,000.

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