Why This New Tesla Adapter Does—and Doesn’t—Fix EV Charging | WSJ

Tesla has opened up its EV charging network to other electric vehicles, starting with Ford. (GM, Hyundai, Kia and others will gain access soon.) With the right adapter, non-Tesla EVs can now charge at Tesla Superchargers. Is it easy to get started? How do the speed and price compare?

WSJ’s Joanna Stern hit up 10 Tesla Superchargers in her Ford Mustang Mach-E to test it all out.

Chapters:
0:00 Non-Teslas at Tesla Superchargers
1:00 The setup
1:54 The spots
4:09 The speed
4:56 Takeaways

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[AndrewDelConte]

They don't hate you because you have a Ford at a Tesla Supercharger, they hate you because you're in New Jersey.

[jonfilibuster]

Wait, you’re allowed to insert the charger by yourself in New Jersey? /s

[TheTanman]

This might be the very first Wall Street Journal piece about electric vehicles that wasn’t shady, or filled with misinformation. Just honest reporting, you guys should do this every time!

[rmorales]

Wow that guy at the very end actually had common sense…so refreshing to see.

[alexanderkenway]

If companies that adopt the adapter also change the charging port location it will solve a lot of the friction

[VDandDD]

I only clicked because its Joanna and she is the best journalist

[JimmyA.Alvarez]

Scholars who study the stock market’s historical performance estimate that over time, the payment (and reinvestment, and compounding) of dividends have contributed anywhere from 30% to 90% of the S&P 500’s total returns. I want to spread across $400k into profit yielding dividend equities but unsure of which to get into.

[jpsmith]

She’s my favorite tech reporter. Not overly techy, and definitely not ditzy. She’s just does a great job of reporting and presenting facts.

[Paul-cjwb]

if all non-Teslas park next to each other and take the stall to their left; while Teslas do the opposite on the other side of the site, only 1, or at worst 2, stalls will be lost in all.

And with the $12.99 plan per month plan, you get the same price as Tesla drivers. As much as 30% cheaper. You can choose to only pay for that month that you're going on a long road trip. Or you can pay a one time payment of $99 for a whole year. That's basically the cost of one fill-up on an ICE F-150.

I doubt Ford EV drivers will ever use any other charger from now on. They finally have a network that works. Every time, not half the time. And they now have over 15, 000 stalls to use, and growing by the day, not just 3 or 4 thousand, most of which have only 1 (EVgo) to 4 stalls(EA) per site. And Tesla installs over 20 stalls per week. And will be at over 50 per week by the end of 2025.

I've said it many times before, and I'll keep saying it -- this is the greatest thing that has happen to EV adoption in America since the founding of Tesla itself.

[torfrjv]

5:14 as a Tesla owner, we DO care when the station is full and you're taking up two spots so a Tesla owner has to wait. That's the only issue I have with it. Ford MUST put the charge port in the correct location when they go NACS native on their newer cars.

[asphyxiafeeling]

This person's videos are always a must watch

[linkndark]

I am really glad that all cars sold in Europe have CCS and we don’t have use adapters.

[saveourdesert]

Hi Joanna, back in Nov 2023 I bought the mustang after watching Marque and your side by side comparison of Mustang and Tesla. I have been so happy with my purchase, what a fun car to drive. Folks don’t know what they are missing EV’s are so much fun to drive. I don’t have charging issues but thanks for heads up on free adapter. My car runs on sunshine I have solar panels on the roof and no plans to drive my Ev out of town. You are the best on Tech, most appreciative fan….

[zigadabooga]

If you used the app it will only send you to v3 and v4. You had to go out of the way to find a v2 to make it not work.

[supereldian]

I think the EV industry’s biggest problem is the lack of home charging for renters and others who similarly can’t charge at home

[kevinkang]

Thanks for making this video. Touches on all the pain points of charging a non-Tesla EV.

[anishsomani]

knew everything about the information. clicked on the video to just see how it was covered the Joanna's way

[rawrss]

Joanna Stern is the #1 reason to subscribe. Always has interesting video segments with her personality shining through. ❤

[josegallardo]

Love your videos. They are as informative as they are hilarious

[folarinosibodu]

Not surprisingly, the Ford ceo just restated the question instead of answering the question.