Ford Is Sticking With an EV Future—With a Boost From Tesla

The road to progress has never been smooth. Witness, as a metaphor, the trials and tribulations of the Ford Motor Company as it has tried to sell electric vehicle drivers the premier charging experience: an easy, friction-free, and maybe even delightful pit stop that might convince even more buyers to dump their gas-guzzlers for the plug. However, Ford announced today that, a year after saying it would give away electric vehicle charging adapters to qualifying customers, it has finally made good on this promise. Ford says it has sent out 140,000 fast-charging adapters, allowing thousands of model year 2021 to 2024 Mach-E and Lighting drivers to access the Tesla Supercharger network. Now customers have access to 44,000 fast chargers across North America—up 53 percent from a year ago—which can charge up a car in as little as 20 minutes. In total, North American Ford drivers can now access 180,000 chargers, which the company says makes it the continent’s largest integrated public chargi ... Read full article.