{"id":1245,"date":"2024-02-29T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evexplored.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:21:34","slug":"the-wait-is-over-nacs-comes-to-mach-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evexplored.com\/the-wait-is-over-nacs-comes-to-mach-e\/","title":{"rendered":"The wait is over! NACS comes to Mach-E!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In an exciting coordinated release around the country, a few avid Ford EV users were able to test the first ever NACS to CCS adapter to charge our Ford EV\u2019s at a Supercharger, and we were fortunate enough to be among those select few. This epic moment has been a long time coming so let me explain a little bit, in case you don\u2019t know the back story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback to 2011 when a bunch of automotive engineering bodies and major automakers like Ford, BMW, Audi, GM, Porsche, and VW all got together and decided to make a unified EV charging system that everyone could use. 2012 rolls around and they all release their open standard. At the same time, Tesla reveals their proprietary charging system. And so the division was born. Us vs them. Tesla and everyone else. The Supercharger network vs everything else. Except in Europe, they\u2019ve been playing together there for ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Ford partnered with Tesla to open the proprietary Tesla charging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now, because CCS is an open system, Tesla were able to develop an adaptor for their vehicles to use CCS but no other automaker had the same opportunity to break into the closed Tesla system until May 2023. In a move that truly shook the auto world, Jim Farley – CEO of Ford and Elon Musk – CEO of Tesla announced that they were partnering to bring the Tesla proprietary charging system to Ford electric vehicles. This move kicked off a domino wave of brand after brand announcing the same partnership until almost no stragglers remained. Soon after, the formerly proprietary Tesla charging system was renamed to NACS – North American Charging Standard, since it is now officially the open charging standard for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until all EV\u2019s have NACS, we\u2019re going to need an adaptor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Future vehicles will likely come out the gate with NACS charging built in but, for cars coming out soon and the EV\u2019s currently out in the world, they\u2019re going to need an adapter. Various automakers have made plans for the adapter but, fittingly as first to the NACS decision, Ford is the first to the adapter, and we were fortunate enough to be one of the first to receive an adapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


And this is what brings us back to the present day, where we will soon be charging at a bustling Tesla Supercharger in sunny Southern California, charging our Ford Mustang Mach-E. Though this Supercharger is one of the nicer around, replete with a solar canopy, restrooms, and fancy vending machines, the moment feels way more momentous than the environment dictates. We will plug in our Mustang Mach-E into a Supercharger. I feel like cheering! Or doing cartwheels! Instead I just bounce around happily and think about all the other people that will be able to do this soon too. Because that\u2019s the biggest reason I\u2019m excited about all this – for more people to have more access to more electric vehicle charging. It\u2019s not simply that we\u2019re using a Supercharger. It\u2019s that it\u2019s not proprietary anymore and Ford was able to work with Tesla to ensure that our vehicles are ready to Plug & Charge into more than 15,300 chargers on the Tesla network. It’s about choice, flexibility, and EV adoption going mainstream. Making EV charging a community struggle is going to make a world of difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do I get a CCS to NACS charging adaptor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well if you have a Ford electric vehicle then you\u2019re in luck! Ford will be providing FREE adaptors to all their EV owners. To receive your complimentary charger just follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n