I would assume they are doing updates to the network to allow the cars to work. It could take quite a while, based on past performance, to get updates out thru OTA to all Mach e’s. You may be correct though.
One of the posts on that site has a link to an extension cable that according to the MFG site supports supercharging. It’s pricey at $350.
There is also a required OTA to enable the SC network. The attached photo is from another post a couple days ago. I assume this person was an early access member.
No OTAs needed to be able to charge at Tesla, I don't understand why people keep stating this. The update will be needed in FordPass to be able to make payment. The V3 and V4 chargers already accept CCS cars, it is just that Tesla has limited the payment acceptance to only the magic dock sites, so far.
The update notes appear to hint at it being related to Plug & Charge usage with the SC network. But as with other charging networks that Ford EVs have access to, there needs to be other ways to pay including using Tesla's app.There is also a required OTA to enable the SC network. The attached photo is from another post a couple days ago. I assume this person was an early access member.
Correct. People are assuming that the car needs a software update to charge on the V3 and V4 stations, but it doesn't. The update from Ford is related to using Plug and Charge on Tesla's network. You most likely will be able to use Tesla's app to pay or become a monthly member and pay that way via the app. At the V4 stations you'll be able to pay using the card reader that is on those stations.
clearly this is a semantics issue. Does an OTA update need to take place on cars for the supercharger network? apparently it does. as evidenced in the picture above showing the update.
Again, that specifically calls out the OTA as necessary for PLUG AND CHARGE to work. For a year now there have been Tesla "magic dock" stations deployed that service CCS cars without any software change on the vehicle. To use magic dock it does currently require a Tesla account for billing, so it would logically follow that the adapters will work for manually started sessions without a car update.clearly this is a semantics issue. Does an OTA update need to take place on cars for the supercharger network? apparently it does. as evidenced in the picture above showing the update.
but also lets not forget magic dock doesn't require the adapter that ford is issuing for gen 3 tesla charging stations. so it's an entirely different situation.
The magic dock adapter and the sneak pics of the adapter ford had on their site are remarkably similar. One might suggest that the guts of the magic docks and the forthcoming adapter are essentially identical. Tesla certainly follows the philosophy of reusing what they've already done, and it would make sense that the magic dock and adapters perform the same function and thus use the same code and components.
Maybe. Right now for instance, only the MagicDock stations show up in the Tesla app for non-Teslas. Until a station is made visible to us, I don't think we can use the Tesla app to activate/pay. Maybe they'll just turn on all V3/V4 stations in the app once the first adapters start shipping, but I'm not so sure that's gonna happen right away. Wouldn't surprise me if the deal is to initially have the car manufacturer's processes (like Ford Pass/P&C) handle it, perhaps until all manufactures that made deals get their shot. Where Tesla would then start selling adapters directly to anyone, and opens the Tesla app V3/V3 population to all.
That might have been referring to Magic Docks. There was some talk that Tesla would pick less busy sites for those.
