![]() “We aren’t the only company that comes up with good ideas.” “At the end of the day, we’re looking at what’s best for our customers,” Barra said. It also could rankle some Tesla owners who already are jockeying for space at some of the busier Supercharger stations, largely in California.īarra said joining Tesla’s network would almost double the number of chargers available to GM electric vehicle owners. EV sales, will make it easier for those owners to charge while traveling. Chargers often are located near freeways to enable long trips, where most fast-charging plugs are needed, and generally they're more reliable than other networks.īut opening access to EVs from GM and Ford, which rank a distant second and third in U.S. ![]() Tesla’s supercharger network is a huge competitive advantage for the company based in Austin, Texas, which sells more EVs than anyone else in the U.S. Current GM owners probably will need to buy the adapter, Harrison said. GM EV owners may have to pay a monthly charge to access Tesla’s charging network, or they could pay for each use. “There are other opportunities both companies can take advantage of as a result of the agreement.”ĭetails of how customers would gain access are still being worked out. “Tesla will get better utilization of their network and all the new charging revenue, which will help them expand the network further,” Harrison said. “The most important thing is we advance the electric vehicle revolution.”įinancial details of the agreement between the two companies were not released Thursday, but GM spokesman Darryll Harrison said GM isn't paying Tesla. “We will provide support equally to both,” he said. Musk said that GM and Tesla vehicles would have an even playing field at the charging stations. “Like Ford, we see this as an opportunity to expand access to charging,” Barra said, adding that GM hopes the rest of the industry will move to the Tesla charging connector, which is different from the CCS connector used on most other EVs. There are about 54,000 public charging stations in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, but many charge much more slowly than the Tesla stations. Tesla has about 17,000 Supercharger stations in the U.S. ![]() But both GM and Ford will switch to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard connector starting with new EVs produced in 2025. ![]() rose 2%.Īt first, GM and Ford EV owners will need an adapter to hook into the Tesla stations, which have their own connector. jumped 6% to hit a new high for the year. Farley also said Ford would switch to Tesla's connector rather than go with the connector used by the rest of the industry.Īt the opening bell Friday, shares of Tesla Inc. Their discussion comes two weeks after Ford CEO Jim Farley joined Musk to announce that Ford's electric vehicles would gain access to much of Tesla's EV-charging network, the largest in the nation. GM CEO Mary Barra and her Tesla counterpart, Elon Musk, made the announcement Thursday during a Twitter Spaces conversation. GM joins Ford in shifting its electric vehicles to work with about 12,000 of Tesla's roughly 17,000 chargers, and both Detroit automakers are pushing to make Tesla's connector the industry standard. ![]()
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