Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla's charging stations, the largest such network in the country.
As part of their move, both Detroit-area automakers have decided to adopt Tesla's EV charging connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station.
At present, two main types of EV charging plugs exist: Tesla's North American Charging Standard and CCS, used by nearly all other automakers. It's not yet clear which other automakers might join Ford and GM.With 17,000 charging plugs, Tesla commands the largest network in the United States. Its stations can charge faster than most others. They're often more reliable, too, and exist in safer locations closer to prime travel corridors.
"Do I want to have my customers not have access to Superchargers, and I'm going to charge them $100,000 for a vehicle?" said Gary Silberg, global head of automotive for KPMG.If it's made by GM or Ford, you will likely need to buy an adapter so you can hook it into Tesla chargers. It's unclear how much those will cost. You can also continue to charge on networks with CCS connectors.
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