Are automakers surrendering to Tesla? — via drivingdotca Sustainability ElectricVehicles
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Not only are Tesla DC fast-charging points more plentiful, they are also more reliable. Although quantifiable studies are rare, anecdotally, CCS charging points are notoriously often out of order, with roughly one-quarter to one-third of fast-charging stations not functional at any given time.
Sometime early next year, both Ford and GM electric-vehicle owners will soon to be able to charge at Tesla charging stations. Most will require adapters to negotiate from the NACS Supercharger attachment to the CCS port on their vehicle. However, both automakers have said that, by 2025, their EVs — most notably Ford’s Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning — will offer native NACS ports along with their current CCS attachment points.Directional, that is.
Considering that Tesla also reaped US$1.78 billion in EV regulatory credits from competitive automakers last year, this deal does nothing but cement Tesla’s position as the dominant leader in the EV revolution. Perhaps, the automakers should have consulted with Jagmeet Singh before making their deal with the devil.
Monies, more specifically American government monies, may yet prove a lifeline, however. President Biden has allotted US$7.5 billion in subsidies to fund the construction of up to 500,000 public charging stations. But — and this is why, in the EV business as all others, you always need to follow the money —This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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