DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla\u2019s charging stations, the largest such network in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of their move, both Detroit-area automakers have decided to adopt Tesla\u2019s EV charging connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\u00a0GM and Ford joining Tesla\u2019s charging system, the rest of the auto industry may be forced follow suit. If so, it would provide a major victory to Tesla, which would be assured a new and guaranteed revenue stream for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At present, two main types of EV charging plugs exist: Tesla\u2019s North American Charging Standard and CCS, used by nearly all other automakers. It\u2019s not yet clear which other automakers might join Ford and GM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 17,000 charging plugs, Tesla commands the largest network in the United States. Its stations can charge faster than most others. They\u2019re often more reliable, too, and exist in safer locations closer to prime travel corridors. Under the new agreements with GM and Ford, EVs from those companies will be able, starting next year, to charge at 12,000 Tesla Supercharger plugs. Tesla is the top seller of EVs in the U.S., with GM No. 2 and Ford No. 3. Because those three companies control so much of the EV market, analysts say other automakers are likely to sign up with with Tesla to avoid being left at a competitive disadvantage. \u201cDo I want to have my customers not have access to Superchargers, and I\u2019m going to charge them $100,000 for a vehicle?\u201d said Gary Silberg, global head of automotive for KPMG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it\u2019s made by GM or Ford, you will likely need to buy an adapter so you can hook into Tesla chargers. It\u2019s unclear how much those will cost. You can also continue to charge on networks with CCS connectors. If your car is made by some other manufacturer, at this point you won\u2019t have access to Tesla\u2019s chargers. But there is a growing network of public stations equipped with CCS connectors \u2014 up to nearly 54,000 locations, with roughly 139,000 plugs, the Energy Department says. Still, only 7,400 such stations are DC fast chargers, which can provide a significant charge in just minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2025, GM and Ford say they will start installing ports in their new EVs that will be compatible with Tesla chargers. To use a CCS charger instead, you would need to have an adapter or find a charging station that can accommodate both technologies. Though other automakers will likely make the switch to Tesla\u2019s system as well, for at least a few years, you\u2019d probably need that adapter. \u201cMy guess is that what we will see is by 2027, there will probably be no more new EVs built for North America with CCS ports,\u201d said Sam Abuelsamid, an analyst at Guidehouse Insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GM and Ford didn\u2019t release a lot of detail about the financial arrangements. But it\u2019s clear that Tesla will enjoy a boost in revenue as more Ford and GM vehicles charge up. GM said it isn\u2019t spending anything on the deal; its customers will pay Tesla to charge. GM and Ford EV owners also win because they will gain access to double the number of chargers that they had before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If other automakers go with Tesla, companies that are developing their own charging networks, such as ChargePoint, EVgo or Electrify America, would feel squeezed. They would have to make sure that all their fast chargers can work with the Tesla plug \u2014 or become more competitive by, for example, adding stations in better locations and making them more reliable. \u201cUp to this point, they basically didn\u2019t have to compete with Tesla for owners of CCS-equipped vehicles,\u201d Abuelsamid noted. Because Tesla\u2019s network is open to more vehicles, Silberg said, the other companies might struggle to attract investors. Yet as they adapt, consumers should gain more charging options. \u201cIt will light a fire under those companies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It varies. Kia, Nissan and Toyota declined to comment. Hyundai said it continues to evaluate its technology but has nothing to announce. Stellantis said it\u2019s working on a response. Volkswagen says it\u2019s committed to the CCS standard. Electrify America, which was established with money from a VW emissions cheating settlement, plans to double its number of chargers by 2026. It now has 840 stations and about 4,000 plugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Starting next year, owners of electric v […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}