Superchargers

Following Tesla’s foray as a charger hardware supplier, the first non-Tesla-branded V4 Supercharger stations are now being deployed. Last year, Tesla surprised many when it announced it reached a deal with BP to sell them $100 million worth of Supercharger hardware to be deployed at BP gas stations across the US under the BP brand. It marked one of the rare times that Tesla has sold Superchargers to third parties and the first time it has done it on such a large scale to build a non-Tesla branded…

Polestar (PSNY) has officially teamed up with Tesla, granting its EVs access to Tesla’s Superchargers in China. Polestar EVs gain access to Tesla Supercharger in China As several automakers gain access to Tesla’s Supercharger network in the US, the EV leader is expanding its connections overseas. Following Ford’s announcement in late February that F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E owners can charge at Tesla’s network, EV startup Rivian unlocked access for EV owners this week. Tesla updated…

Rivian owners to juice up their electric trucks and SUVs, after a software update issued during the weekend. The company first , along with plans to include Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) ports in forthcoming vehicles. These ports won’t start showing up until 2025, so Rivian has also started a program to send Tesla-made NACS adapters to current customers.The adapters will be free of charge, which calls to mind the move Ford made last month as it continues to . Rivian will send out one free adapter per…

Tesla announces four new automakers getting access to Superchargers in “Spring 2024” following the onboarding of Ford EV drivers. Today, Ford and Tesla announced that Ford EV owners now have access to over 15,000 Superchargers in North America. Ford was the first to sign a deal with Tesla to adopt NACS, Tesla’s own charge connector that it opened up to the market, on its future EVs and give its EV owners access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. But virtually every other automaker has since followed…

Ford EVs will gain access to Tesla's Superchargers across the US and Canada starting today, becoming the first non-Tesla vehicles to do so, Ford announced. The companies cemented the fast charging pact last year and numerous other automakers followed suit later on. The expanded network will be a big benefit for the Ford and its customers amid news that sales of its EVs have heavily sagged.Current Ford EVs use CCS type chargers, so current customers must order the Fast Charging Adapter (NACS) compatible with Tesla's…

Ford is seemingly leaked its J3400 to CCS adapter to give its EV owners access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. It has been about a year since Ford became the first automaker to adopt Tesla’s connector – sending the NACS, now also known as J3400, on path to become the new standard EV connector in North America. Since then, Tesla signed deals with virtually all automakers for them to incorporate the NACS connector in their upcoming vehicles starting in 2025, but in the meantime, automakers, like Ford,…

Tesla’s decision to not sign a collective agreement with its service workers in Sweden may now affect Superchargers as another union joins the fight. For the past four months, Tesla service workers in Sweden have been on strike in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions, and it has thus far been able to fend off unionization efforts at its manufacturing facilities. This one in Sweden seemed manageable. It’s only affecting a few…

Some Tesla Superchargers are getting overwhelmed by new Uber drivers in New York City after a new program enabled a lot of Tesla ridesharing vehicles in the city. Last year, New York City became the first major city to mandate that rideshare fleets be electric by 2030. To help move things along, the city made 10,000 new EV licenses available to Uber and Lift drivers. Tesla vehicles have been the most popular choice for drivers using these new licenses. Uber and Tesla have also been working…

Mazda is the latest automaker to announce that it will adopt NACS, Tesla’s open-source charging standard. It’s going to Mazda’s very few EVs access to Tesla Superchargers. Virtually all automakers selling electric vehicles in North America have announced that they will adopt Tesla’s NACS connector in future electric vehicles to take advantage of the Supercharger network. Most of them have said that the rollout will take the form of an adapter in 2024, followed by a direct integration in new…

A bunch of Tesla vehicles were unable to charge at Supercharger stations across Chicago amid an extreme cold wave. Cars have problems in extreme cold. That’s a fact, regardless of if the vehicle is electric or powered by an internal combustion engine. It’s very common for gas-powered cars not to start in the cold. As for electric vehicles, it does negatively affect their range and charging speed. However, we have rarely heard about them not charging at all in the cold. Chicago is seeing…