NACS Fast Charging Adapter

[RetiredPonyboy]

Any of you that frequent the shop.ford.com website and use the "build & price" tool may have noticed that Ford has added a "Fast Charging Adapter (NACS)" for $200 and reduced the price of the "Mobile Power Cord" to $500. Those 2 items used to be sold together for as a single line item for $600. So, obviously it's a way for Ford to make more money but beyond that, it got me wondering if the NACS Fast Charging Adapter is necessary. I don't yet own a Mach-E so hopefully I'm allowed a bit of ignorance, but it was my understanding that the 2025 MMEs are already NACS compatible, so why is an adapter needed? Can you not just pull up to a compatible Tesla supercharger and plug in with the same cable a Tesla would use?

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[Sikkun]

was my understanding that the 2025 MMEs are already NACS compatible

Your understanding is wrong.

They do not have a native NACS connector, so they are only compatible with an adapter like every other Mach E.

 

[Charge_Rob]

Any of you that frequent the shop.ford.com website and use the "build & price" tool may have noticed that Ford has added a "Fast Charging Adapter (NACS)" for $200 and reduced the price of the "Mobile Power Cord" to $500. Those 2 items used to be sold together for as a single line item for $600. So, obviously it's a way for Ford to make more money but beyond that, it got me wondering if the NACS Fast Charging Adapter is necessary. I don't yet own a Mach-E so hopefully I'm allowed a bit of ignorance, but it was my understanding that the 2025 MMEs are already NACS compatible, so why is an adapter needed? Can you not just pull up to a compatible Tesla supercharger and plug in with the same cable a Tesla would use?

The Mustang Mach-E IS NACS compatible.

It IS NOT NACS equpped.

NACS compatibility is achieved by an adapter. Learn more at ford.com/fastchargingadapter

But that said, the majority of chargers currently installed are not NACS, and NACS-equipped vehicles require the exact opposite adapter to use them. So depending on your situation, you may find yourself using that NACS adapter very rarely (as I do) and not daily.

 

[RickMachE]

I can understand the OP's confusion. In May 2023 Ford announced that starting in 2025, vehicles would be equipped with the NACS adapter. But they didn't say 2025 model year, and they didn't say all models would be equipped in 2025.

The real question is whether 2026 Lightnings, Mach-Es, or E-Transit are going to be equipped with a native NACS port.

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...n-access-to-12-000-tesla-superchargers--.html

 

[stoopid]

Any of you that frequent the shop.ford.com website and use the "build & price" tool may have noticed that Ford has added a "Fast Charging Adapter (NACS)" for $200 and reduced the price of the "Mobile Power Cord" to $500. Those 2 items used to be sold together for as a single line item for $600. So, obviously it's a way for Ford to make more money but beyond that, it got me wondering if the NACS Fast Charging Adapter is necessary. I don't yet own a Mach-E so hopefully I'm allowed a bit of ignorance, but it was my understanding that the 2025 MMEs are already NACS compatible, so why is an adapter needed? Can you not just pull up to a compatible Tesla supercharger and plug in with the same cable a Tesla would use?

Lectron and other companies have robust adapters, some supposedly getting formal UL certification sooner than later. You don't need to buy the adapter Ford wants to sell you. I believe Lectron is the maker of the Ford NACS adapter, fwiw.

It looks like you have a Tesla. Hopefully you charge at home? Home charging is best with the MME due to the slightly slower than other EV rate capped around 150kW. If you have your own charger for the Tesla, you can get a quality NACS to J1772 (level 2 / 'destination') adapter for $100-ish.

 

[Charge_Rob]

Lectron and other companies have robust adapters, some supposedly getting formal UL certification sooner than later. You don't need to buy the adapter Ford wants to sell you. I believe Lectron is the maker of the Ford NACS adapter, fwiw.

It looks like you have a Tesla. Hopefully you charge at home? Home charging is best with the MME due to the slightly slower than other EV rate capped around 150kW. If you have your own charger for the Tesla, you can get a quality NACS to J1772 (level 2 / 'destination') adapter for $100-ish.

While the Ford Fast Charging Adapter is made by Lectron (that's not a secret), it's not the same as Lectron's adapter, and has an additional safety interlock that the original Lectron one does not have, as well as other improvements.

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