Tesla working on NACS extension cable
Tesla working on NACS extension cable
Most Supercharger cables at NACS Supercharger sites should be able to reach your EV charge port, however, in some cases you might have to park over the line in order to charge comfortably. Avoid parking diagonally to reach the cable and try to obstruct as few charge posts as possible. Charge port locations vary by EV model, which requires cable sharing between adjacent stalls at many sites. Tesla is rapidly deploying our latest V4 Supercharger post which reaches all EVs in the same Supercharger stall. Additionally, we encourage all vehicle manufacturers to standardize charge port locations to the rear driver side or front passenger side.
We are working on an NACS to NACS extension cable, which will be available for purchase in the future.
To also add: in a call with the WSJ, Farley suggested that Ford may be switching the charge port location because they want to go full-in on interoperability with Tesla Supercharging stations.
Of all the things to standardize, I'm a little surprised this didn't happen sooner. Its charger agnostic, all the OEMs had to do was decide on it ages ago.
An extension cable puts the burden on the user and prevents higher charging speeds. All so Tesla doesn't have to use longer cables to be compatible with the most EVs possible. You know, because of their mission to advance the adoption of EVs. The reality distortion is strong.