Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the agreement Thursday during a"Twitter Spaces" audio chat.Musk said he didn't want Tesla's network to be a"walled garden" and that he wants to use it to support sustainable transportation.
"It is our intent to do everything possible to support Ford and have Ford be on an equal footing at Tesla Superchargers," Musk said. Farley said there will be a cost to Ford owners, perhaps a monthly subscription, but he didn't give specifics. Details of any financial arrangement between Ford and Tesla were not announced.
At first, Ford's current electric vehicles will need an adapter to hook into the Tesla stations, which have their own connector. But Ford will switch to Tesla's North American Charging Standard connector with its second-generation EVs starting in 2025, Farley said."We love the locations. We love the reliability," he said. They will join Ford's own Blue Oval charging network which has about 10,000 fast-charging stations, he said.
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