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Ford Gains Access To The Tesla Supercharger Network! Join Me As The First To Plug In
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
- Kyle is the first to charge on the Tesla Supercharger Networking using the Fast Charging Adapter provided by Ford! He has a F-150 Lightning and a prototype NACS / J3400 adapter, let's charge.
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Can we get a spirited test drive kyle please! Is it better than mach e?
Thanks Kyle. I am going to get my Ford F-150 Lightning.
We tested ours on our etransit. Worked great!
Kyle, congrats! I look forward to seeing your road-trip. Thanks for all you promote.
The Tesla driver they parked next to you was not nosing by you foe no reason. He was just parking next to you to make sure once you left that he could pull in to your spot to charge. If he parked further away then other cars needing to charge would not notice that he had been waiting and would pull into the spot you left before he got there.
Very glad you got this opportunity to broadcast this event!
Man Kyle is doing all the EV releases for these companies. I love it. I prefer it over the cheesy manufacturer videos. Very informative as always, thanks Kyle
I find them rather misleading. Take the cybertruck test as example. He claims it was done at 45F where it was 38-45F which reduces range by 20% compared to EPA 68-86F spec
Then he did it at 700ft instead of 4000ft for the rivian and f150. Reduction of 20% resistance due to thinner air at higher elevation
Then he compares it to EPA and claims Tesla never makes it claimed range. This is so misleading as it is not claimed range but EPA estimate based on tests at EPA specification.
Then his test are done at 70MPH not 48MPH average EPA speed.
Fine if you like to do a test at 70MPH but don't compare it to the given EPA range
But anyway, I don't beleive this is because he is a bit dumb and don't know how to do a test properly. I beleive it is misleading and I know that Ford pays billions in marketing, would it not be easy to give this guy a few pennies and he is happy to slightly mislead here and there..... we will probably never know but his tests stinks.
@@bartdeking Kyle explained all the adverse factors in that Cybertruck range test, including altitude, tires, ambient temps, and more. Kyle also explained that he'd be repeating the test in Colorado as soon as he gets a chance, to better match his standard 70mph tests.
Out of Spec has done dozens of tests at 70mph across different models and brands, for cross comparison. Why 70mph and not mixed 48mph? It's because that's a real world speed, across long distances, where consumers start developing range anxiety.
For someone who's never posted an EV range test video, along with explaining your methodology and rationale, then criticizing the consistent detailed testing premises given by Kyle and his entire OOS team, I'm afraid your the one sounding a bit dumb.
@lv_q3259 @lv_q3259 you don't seem to read my comment properly.
1, I have not problem if they do a 70mph test to give consumers an idea how much range they get on a road trip but DO NOT compare it to the range specified according to EPA specifications given on the tesla website. DO NOT even mention it since it is misleading as it presents like Tesla is lying or not giving a correct range. This is not true.
EPA was initially intended to give an average consumption for average driving NOT a how far do I het on a long road trip I make twice a year test.
In other word you can not say, I drove 70mph in 42F and got 256mi which is lower than the 318 specified by tesla. Simply because the 318mi is specified at EPA test specifications with an average of 48MPH and 68-86F.
Likely it would add 5-10% extra range if you would test it at the same temperatures the rivian and f150 was tested.
2, Yes he mentioned 700ft but instead of 4000ft but why did he at the end of the video not correct for it. He could have said, the distance was 256 miles but with known data that 700ft vs 4000ft elevation difference we need to correct it by 20% to be able to compare it with the F150 and rivian which likely comes around 307mi if we would compare it in similar conditions
3, he mentioned indeed that the temperature was 45F and was used by ALL other media as the temperature for the test. However, if you bothered checking the video in detail and do some fact checking than you can see that temperatures are 38-45F mostly around 41-42F
On your last comment, I would indeed only do a comparison test in the same conditions and when someone plays games on RUclips I am happy to point this out and wish that everyone would see how misleading the out of spec channel is.
The narrative set is that CT is worse in range than rivian and f150 but in reality this is simply not true. Especially when it comes to wh/mi
Yes he promised another video where he would do the test properly but it is yet to come and the misleading narrative has been set already.
Anyone else watch this and immediately yell "SHUT UP AND PLUG IT IN!!!!!" 🙂 Love ya Kyle...ordered mine this morning!
First 7 minutes was a waste of time.
@@melvinholland9656You must be new here.
🤣@@jayem8981
Yeah someone is new here
He talks a lot. Always. It is better than silent videos. And you can always skip ahead about a third of every video.
Congratulations Kyle on the 'ribbon cutting'. Big step forward in North America
I love how we have someone passionate about what they do, which of course makes them good at it, in the perfect job. Been watching years and he never fails to keep me watching.
True if you are doing what you love you are never really working. Kyle is the best example of this
Kyle would have been the first to use the adapter..... But by the time he actually used it, he was number 50 to use it. Lol 😆
Congrats Kyle!
And even better that Ford picked the right person to be the first charging customer. Well done everyone!
Best EV Content on YT, very detailed real world info.. Props!!
Hay thank you for the shout out! This was such an incredibly exciting day! We were up at 4:30am to be ready for it all and we're still so energized from all this! Loved seeing your excitement from across the country too! Its NACS day baby!!! ⚡ - Liv
Unfortunately, the NACS standard only applies to the plug, it also needs to dictate the location of the charging port. Having an eV take up 2 spots on a busy location is going to cause trouble.
Yeah.
It's a real shame the CCS Consortium didn't make "let's decide on a standard port location" the second order of business after "Who wants coffee" In their first meeting in.... (from memory) 2010?
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Instead it seems to have been a case of "just use the same location as the Fuel port on the cars you're converting"
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smh
I think Tesla will be moving their charge port to the front. How are you supposed to charge a tesla while towing?
Using the pull in stall that is taken by someone too lazy to back in most times. Or pull across several at the end. Enduring nasty looks until the person looks around to see you're towing. Or unhook. All fun. "Need pull through charging" is my comment whenever they ask for feedback. Gas stations figured this out decades ago. @@vladimus9749
@@vladimus9749 If that was even slightly likely to be true, Cybertruck would have a charge port in the front. So, that is a no. To charge while towing, you unhitch, or use pull-through charging stalls.
@@geirmyrvagnes8718 Unhitching is a non starter for anyone who tows regularly. How common are Tesla pull through stalls? Are there some at each station?
Race to Vegas is going to be competitive now!
You are right! Kyle needs to do another one now that SC is open.
We still have to wait for other auto manufacturers to enable it. And it rules out 800v cars
@@wasabi521😂too bad, North American manage unitfied the Charging standard just in time to falls one generation behind.
The Supercharger network can't fix the charging curve on the Mach-E.
@@wasabi521 Until stations start getting upgraded to V4.
I love watching Kyle nerd out on this stuff.
Great review Kyle! I drove my Lightning across the USA this past July (2023). I hit 44 states in 3 weeks and put 10000 miles on my Lightning. I started in Texas and went to the west coast, across to the east coast and back to Texas. I charged mostly at EA chargers and that was a cluster f**k! I rate my experience at EA a 4 out of 10! This new adapter will make road tripping much easier and enjoyable. Good luck on your trip across the USA.
I'm happy for your pending road trip life improvement. I hope we can somehow track how much different roadtripping will be for you once you have the adapter.
Kudos to Ford. Farley is more honest about his EV deficits than the rest of the legacy makers which encourages me to believe that Ford will be making sincere and transparent improvements. Tesla tech will be hard to catch up to, but if anyone is being forthright about the challenge, it is Ford. I hope they can get a better handle on quality and cost issues quickly. They deserve to be leaders in this game.
Wow! Awesome of ford to have you guys be the first to plug in! Certainly a huge step for EVs and an even bigger step for reliable DCFC.
First Charge? FIRST CHARGE? A first charge? THE FIRST CHARGE? It took you almost 10 minutes (and a couple combovers and eyeglass adjustments) into the video to plug it in! I'm sure someone else beat you in that length of time. CONGRATS!
I’m so stoked for you, Kyle! Definitely feeling the excitement of this moment!
Super excited! Ordered my adapter this morning! And yes, I agree, they do need to add charging speed to the driver's display.
Do you order it from Tesla, or from Ford?
Great work Ford & Tesla. 🤝 🏆 It really shows Ford cares about their customers, and Tesla cares about supporting the transition
It really shows Ford thought "We *HAVE* to do it because we're losing business sticking with CCS"
I think we need to get Kyle a hoodie with a tux silkscreened on the front for events like this.
Another great video! This is the best RUclips channel for EV content. I can’t wait for the Lighting road trip videos utilizing the Supercharger network. I also can’t wait for the 2024 ID.4 video and all the nerdy stats that will be included. Keep up the great work Kyle and everyone at Out of Spec!
Billions of dollars in EV investment, staff, factories, marketing but young Kyle is the spokesman for all of it. Wild
Government stole most of it, test to instal a charger
Awesome news for all non-Tesla EV owners. Tesla has to change the length of the charge cables or else, it's going to cause some issues when cars will take 2 parking spots.
Other manufacture's have to move their charge port to the ideal location that way there will be problems with cars taking 2 spots.
As a Tesla owner who roadtrips 3-4 times a month, I am delighted to see other EVs able to use the Supercharger network and hasten the EV transition. However, I am concerned that the Tesla routing software will be showing open dispensers at a location that are, in fact, being blocked by non-Teslas who take up 2 dispensers (from a Tesla perspective). I hope Tesla will somehow figure a way to show that 2 dispensers are in use when a Ford or Rivian or Mercedes rolls up and plugs in "backwards".
I live down the street from the Tesla v4 dispenser in Columbia, SC that a couple of RUclipsrs have featured and see how this problem will eventually go away with the new universal dispenser design. However, I am sadly considering going back to ICE for a couple of years if I start to run into this problem repeatedly over the next few months.
It’s all fun and games until you are waiting in line and looking at some fords taking two spots each.
Blocking 2 bays is an issue in Europe as there’s no standard determining which side of the vehicle to put the charge socket. Tesla chargers are more exposed as their cables are relatively short, even the newer ones. It’s common to come across a VW or similar taking up two bays. However Europeans generally do not need unnecessary adapters as there was a snowball’s chance in hell that the EU would adopt Tesla’s charging standard and hence Tesla uses type 2 in Europe.
Agree
It would be very helpful if non Tesla EVs would just pick the right side charger stalls every time, Tesla pick the left side then there's less "wasted" stall for all.
@@ultrastoat3298and double the charge time of a Tesla.
Thanks for the heads up (saw your interview with "Robert")! Just ordered my adapter for my Lightning. We'll see how it goes!
A big honor for you. Congratulations
Kyle, what happens if you park with the parking space line in the middle of the truck instead of parking in between the lines of the parking space? Will the cable reach then? This would alleviate the fact that Ford vehicles block two chargers when they charge at a Supercharger. They could just repaint the lane lines then and you would never have chargers go wasted because a CCS1 vehicle was blocking them.
The cables at those existing stations are only JUST long enough to reach the way it's now parked. New Supercharger stations will have longer cables and/or pull-through parking. I expect some growing pains as this transitions, but in a year or so, I'd expect all this to be sorted out.
If you park how Kyle did, then say another ford comes in they can park to the left spot and do the same thing. It’s not like every vehicle that shows up needs to occupy two spots.
Plug and Charge is huge!
I hope Volvo/Polestar also support it from the get go as well...
My concern as well. My understanding is the P2 and XC40 don’t have the hardware to do ISO 1811 or whatever it’s called. We’re going to need to either activate in the app, or Tesla will need to auth via MAC addreess
Thanks Kyle, Ford and Tesla!! This is a day we've been waiting on ever since the announcement by Ford. Happy travels on the road trip. Looking forward to riding along.
does the Tesla app update to show the chargers are in use when non Teslas are charging at them as well?
Regarding the taking up 2 spots problem, Ford owners should keep this in mind when visiting a V3 Tesla Supercharger and if they have one that is positioned for front pull in at the edge, which I've seen at several locations, use that spot if available, as it's the one spot where you can probably safely park and charge without taking up more than 1 parking spot (you'll be poking your butt out of the spot by quite a bit, but if it's at the edge and doesn't block traffic, it's the best option).
We need a picture or a diagram that can be shared. I have a Tesla and a EV with the plug location in about the same spot and I don't actually get what you're saying. So a picture or something a link would clarify this
Why doesn't Tesla assign chargers on the app?
@@vladimus9749 because you might not show up, you might be delayed. Someone else might need one. They do need a solution for long lines, there's no official "lineup place" at superchargers (don't know if the giant 100+ ones in California have this but normal 20 unit ones don't have it).
@@lattelandlatteland Still, seems like a good UX team focusing on human factors engineering could come up with a system better than a free for all. I'm surprised there's not even a designated queue at busy chargers. Costco and Sam's Club have queues for their pumps because they are always busy. Seems like a huge miss for a company so focused on using tech and their app to solve problems.
Watch Out of Spec Reviews "Ultimate Tesla Supercharger Stress Test Free EV Charging for Everyone in Europe" video, it will enlighten you.@@lattelandlatteland
While I appreciate Kyle's enthusiasm but goodness, he took almost 10 minutes of non stop talking before finally started using the charger!
dude has a talent for extending 3-minute content into a 1-hour video
I skip a lot of videos by him and others for this reason. They could all learn a lesson in editing by watching 60 Minutes.
I have a 2023 Polestar 2, located in CT and as a Polestar owner it’s just great to see this big step in progress!! I believe this really will solve more of those “range anxiety” concerns when going on bigger trips, and can’t wait for Polestar to also join in here. Love your content as always!
Maybe this is great day for other non-Tesla owners, but for us Tesla owners this isn't a good day, especially when all slow speed charging vehicles start to occupy 2 or more spots. So now we have options to wait free spot on V3 or to go occupied V2 and charge on painfully 75kw or less. This will increase travel times a lot. I am hoping that hire charging prices for other non-Tesla vehicles will offset that problem a little bit.
Honestly if there's going to be more non Tesla's on the road then make it so that Tesla's pay 50% or less of the normal cost and Non Tesla's pay 150% or more to keep tesla owners happy, this would make it more fair for the ones that take up 2 spots or just kick them off if there's many Tesla's going to that specific chargers, this would also incentivize more Tesla's rather then NONS since driving in a tesla would be cheaper, and no one can complain since broke ass legacy makers can't make their own chargers, they say its a benefit for our customers but this is only a benefit for ford honestly, I'm glad that our super charger here in Cambridge Ontario are locked still to NONS
Fantastic work Ford.... i really appreciate what this will do to lightning drivers
That time from plug to "blue light/charging" was amazingly fast. So happy for this video, for the adaptor and Ford and Tesla partnering on this....LIFE CHANGING!!!!
I was completely entertained by your enthusiasm and excitement over this new day in charging. As someone who will soon be leaving my Leaf of five years behind and going with a CCS car, this is definitely a game changer.
Man i drive by there every day for work 10 times a day 😂
If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you... prevent inflation
Thanks for continuing updates I'd rather trade the crypto market as it's more profitable. I make a good amount of money per week even though I barely trade myself.
A lot of people still make massive profit from the crypto market, all you really need is a relevant information and some ‹professional advice. ‹it's totally inappropriate for investors to hang on while suffering from dip during significant
You trade also?, I tried trading after watching some videos on RUclips but still keep making losses, how do you trade on your own?
No I don't trade on my own anymore, I always required help and assistance
From my personal financial advisor
Yesterday, I found a Tesla super charger station off I-20, in Texas in a very rural area, 5 minutes from where I work. i was shocked and excited. I personal have never owned, driven or rode in an EV but, would buy one, IF/When the chargers are available everywhere and reliable. I think the manufactures that are switching to Tesla super chargers made the right decision. Masses of People will not buy EV's, regardless of what DC mandates, until they can charge them on the road, everywhere, and I'm one of those people. Charging stations have to be on every corner, just like gas powered vehicle station or EV adoption will fail. I support electric vehicles and hope, that this change to Tesla charges works! This channel has been a great place to learn all things EV and I enjoy the content...Keep up the good work, i looking forward to continue learning & hopefully, in the not to distant future I'll be an EV owner, but it wont be a Tesla, lol!
I gotta say... I talked to a tech in Georgia who was updating a V3 Supercharger. He said (at the end of January) that the only state left was Alabama and it was update a component inside the V3s to work with the adapter. All V3s made since summer 2023 already had the components and by March 1st the chargers would be updated and all V3s would work with this adapter. That's what the tech told me at the end of January in Madison, Georgia at a Supercharger.
I am a Canadian Tesla owner for the past 2 years and have never had a charging issue of any kind with Tesla’s super charger, EA Canada or The Circuit Electric (flo) chargers. I see all this as a win win for everyone in the long term, the more EV’S charge at Tesla superchargers the more Tesla will install Tesla superchargers even in remote areas with less population. Thanks Kyle for another great video.
Love this as I just bought myself a Lightning. Thank you Kyle for your amazing work and thank you Ford for showing leadership.
i've been waiting for this to be made public for the rest of the world, ty Kyle
hopefully not too long before it's not just "Ford"
It's only relevant for North America that used NACS.
Non-Teslas have been charging in other markets using CCS2 for ages.
So freaking cool Kyle! You preached for NACS & today it happens. Congrats & thank you for lobbying for years!
Hogging up 2 Supercharger stalls...shame on you, Kyle! 😂
They got in before that "February 2024" deadline!
just barely lol
They were lucky it was a leap year :)
They sure did. Applaud Ford for getting it done.
In New Jersey… with a Lightning… and a NACS adapter… where’s Tom? 😂😂😂
Tom was busy with his electric snowblower and missed Ford's call, so they called Kyle 😂
@@Techridr😂
He’ll be posting tonight. He was coming back from Sweden today! Bill P
I'm so glad someone answered that. I was asking the same question the whole video. lol@@billpitman9053
Hope to see you test the A2Z NACS to CCS adapter on your Lightening next.
Kyle, can you please try out the A2Z NACS extension cable? It's 6 feet, rated for 250kw.
Awesome! Thank you so much Kyle and team :-)
Great to see that Ford Lightning taking up 2 spaces for charging. Very helpful......
Monumental day. Props to ford for seeing the light and being the first setting up the collaboration with Tesla.
I had already charged a Ford Lightning on the Tesla supercharging network, but it wasn't a big enough deal for me to film.
Of course you did
@@Techridr Let's see if you can guess which part I was joking about?
Congrats and safe travels! Looking forward to your road trip updates. ⚡️🎉
Who could have foreseen 12 years ago that Ford would one day approach Tesla, pleading for access to a "startup's" fueling stations?
History indeed.
So awesome to be the first! Here in Europe we use Tesla's app, but Plug & Charge is even spiffier!
As a Model Y owner, I am happy to see more EVs on the road, but I will be dreading the day when I get to a suppercharger with full stalls filled and a long line of EVs waiting.
This is why Tesla is only opening a part of their network while continuing to add more. The great news is, with all the new EVs on the network… the more money Tesla has to expand.
Win, win.
It’s not win win. Supercharger network will not be positive margin for years to come. This is really a bailout for legacy auto because they can’t see past their own toes. But it is a net win for EV adoption in general.
@@ultrastoat3298Supercharger network is already profitable for Tesla. What type of cociane are doing? You get your facts from a cereal box?
@@StarInfinite00 lol it is not. 😂
Wait till you see 20 chargers with 10 spots not usable because people taking 2 spots.
That little gap in the end of the adapter is just the signature Tesla finish quality 😂
I can hear the Tesla people now - "There goes the neighborhood".
I'd guess Tesla people will get cranky in a few months when there's no room at a supercharger location and it's all non Tesla's charging 😅
From what I have been reading on social media… Tesla owners are mostly ok with this. They want Tesla to be the standard.
@@89five3five plus Tesla owners get the lower price on their charges anyway, so it won't be a big deal for them.
Not at all.
It's actually "More funding for the charging network" 👍👍
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Anyway, Tesla will be monitoring use and expanding at locations they see becoming hotspots before it ever becomes an issue.
(What's the percentage of Tesla vehicles on US roads compared to other brands? Quite high?)
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Stop looking for "tender spots", they've all been anticipated.
Right off the bat i don't like that the port location will jam up 1 bay. I bought a YLR for the Tesla charging network. I am pissed.
My experience as a european Tesla owner using superchargers open to all ev’s is that this will cause chaos at busy superchargers with non-tesla vehicles blocking chargers left and right.
Temporary friction, but it will also force Tesla to roll out more V4s as the utility of the chargers goes up.
Tesla has far more vehicles than the sum total of all other brands.
Since the "reduced" market share in 2023 was (only) 56%, they actually increased the overall percentage.
The tiny charging cable that Tesla saved a few bucks on turns out to be a bad idea now.
The charging network is the main reason to choose Tesla in the US over better equipped, more reliable EVs. If this "benefit" goes away, so will Tesla's larket share. Hopefully they're not that short sighted.
@@vladimus9749lol
Incredible Kyle. You are becoming the "go to" guy for so many EV industry issues. Keep it up!
I like everything about this. Keep it up, Kyle.
So happy for you Kyle! Thanks for all you do ! Looking forward to other vehicles supporting NACS
I’m not a pro EV guy but I do enjoy learning and Kyle and the crew do a great job
Very cool you got to be the first! So great this has finally happened, too.
Right off the bat i don't like that the port location will jam up 1 bay. I bought a YLR for the Tesla charging network. I am pissed.
Literally mad about anything and everything. Nobody cares about your little world problems 😂
Better than pooped
No man, he's taking up 2 bays. He's using the charger for the spot to his left. The charger for that spot is to his right which will also be unusable to teslas. This won't work, I can already see the fights.....
@@kevinstewart7763 That doesn't mean you have to fight. People can fight about whatever meaningless thing they want. Just relax and don't worry about it.
So Exciting! Goosebumps! Plug & charge! Amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love Kyle's exuberance! Thanks for doing these videos and making them entertaining.
I love Kyle’s through review and context in EV’s
As long as stalls are open … no big deal. But the Lightning blocking 2x stalls due to the location of the charge port will be a major annoyance
Good job Kyle and congrats on being the first podcaster to get to do this. Will be following your travels!
This seems to confirm what I suspected - that MagicDock wasn’t just for interoperability testing, it was also to test the adapter to make sure it would hold up to repeated charging cycles. Seems this adapter is essentially the same as the one permanently affixed to the MagicDock dispensers.
We’re going to need a bigger supercharger network
Sweet! Wait, so does this mean Kyle will be in the SoC garage with Tom on Friday morning!!
So we need only 4 Ford F150s or Mach E to block the whole 8-stall supercharger! Sweet!
Not quite. If they all park next to each other, you could charge 7 Fords at an 8 stall Supercharger.
See 19:30 for Kyle's explanation.
But they won't. Early owners (of any brand) knew about details and cared about their fellow drivers. We're past that, and into the general group of people who just go from point a to point b. @@prerunnerwannabe
I can’t tell you how excited I am for this. Going from the bay area to Tahoe. The charging infrastructure is not great unless you own a Tesla. This is game changing for me.
This definitely increases my opportunity to upgrade, from low emission Honda truck and skipping the Model y to using the Lightning for all electric landscaping💪
Can't wait to see the road trip video with the adapter.
I think all you needed to know about the Tesla SC network is how flipping fast the car started charging. It was the chargers all along
Tesla's supercharging network is great, been using it in Europe for almost a year now when going on roadtrips with my Volvo. Never seen a single unit that doesn't work and the process is super fast: open the app, choose 'charge your electric vehicle', select the number of the charging station, plug in and it starts charging in a few seconds.
If you’re coming through St. Louis on your road trip, then the Midwest Lightning Owners Club would be more than happy to meet and see the adapter… my XLT is getting the Plug and Charge software update later tonight.
I just parked my Lightning ⚡ ⚡ because I got my Silverado EV with 450 mi of range. This is awesome
Imagine how EXCITED other Tesla owners are now that they'll have other makes and models next to them charging - and they'll be able to see how much better everyone else's interiors are.
I believe nearly everyone has been in another car before and I think it depends on the auto maker. I have had Fords and Dodge’s and Nissan’s plus many others over the years and the quality is about the same but with fewer buttons and switches and I prefer it!
i've been waiting for this for years!!! full send baby!
With different gas stations the cost of fuel is usually within a few pennies per gallon from one another. Tesla usually has a very competitive rate. It will be interesting to see if Tesla sparks a charging cost war. I can easily see several charging companies going out of business or at least consolidating.
We have a Tesla supercharger station that was completed in the last year or so in a big parking lot near a Walmart and a few restaurants. I don’t know if it was in anticipation on the Cybertruck or non-Teslas using the chargers, but it has two options, one that I have never seen before. One charger is set at the end of the island with open parking slots beyond it making it basically a pull through. The other set up is the really odd one with the charger on its own little island set at 90 deg to the other chargers and sticking out about 3 feet alongside the parking slots on it side which would make connecting your Lightning a breeze.
The charge port location on the Lightening means that two spaces are occupied per Lightening.
People will figure it out like they have in Europe.
@@barryw9473 Here's hoping.
@@barryw9473in Europe there are plenty of competition in the charging market so you can just go anywhere you want to charge. I. The US everyone else has failed so they will be all funneled to super chargers. There’s gonna be no “figuring it out”. it just means that some supercharger sites on some days are going to have dramatically insanely long wait times because remember these legacy auto EV’s not only take up two spots they take a lot longer to charge generally.
@@ultrastoat3298 I just took a 1200 mile road trip using EA and had to wait twice for 30 minutes. If those people go to Superchargers, there will be no wait at EA. People will figure it out. The sky will not fall.
Just imagine if Kyle was around when the first mechanical gas pumps launched ,five minutes the whole process done😅
Very cool. Pretty excited to access the network for our R1S
Kyle. Tesla’s website is updating chargers open to NACS. Looks like none in Fort Collins but many in Denver area and beyond. When Rivian delivers your adapter as promised this month, you can then be open to many new charging options!
I just need mine the first week in April for a trip!
A new supercharger station near where I work has two chargers on the sides of parking spaces and I can back into one spot, like a Tesla, or pull forward into the other, and not take up an extra spot. Hopefully more of the new ones will do this.
Thanks so much for bringing us such up-to-date, informative information about the EV world and charging. You are definitely helping us move toward cleaner, energy options, my providing straightforward, up-to-date information.👍
I’ll be testing today as well but in West Coast so a couple hours after you!
Also going to see more complaints about non Tesla EVs taking up two spots because the cables are too short to reach. They were designed to reach the rear driver side corner and no more since that's where all Tesla ports are located. It was a way to save resources and money. Imagine how much more copper, aluminum, etc was saved and now needs to be replaced.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
I love seeing how excited Kyle is in this video. I’m totally feeling him. 😂
Who is the billing through? Does ford give Tesla your cc info? Or does ford charge you then pay Tesla?
Was this the first non Tesla, non Ford employee to do this? Not sure if I heard that right the first 500 times...
Ordered my adapter today, February 29 got a confirmation number and the expected delivery date of sometime in June. My question is if I leave the vehicle while I am charging it is the adapter locked and can only be removed by the owner of the vehicle or can someone come along, while I’m not there and steal the adapter thank you for your answer in advance Bryan
I’m wondering the same
When will BMW get access to the Tesla network? I unfortunately have only AC charging only