Elon Musk, Ford CEO announce surprising electric vehicle partnership

ICYMI yesterday in a Twitter Spaces conversation elonmusk and Ford CEO jimfarley98 announced Ford drivers will be able to use Tesla's Supercharger car charging network starting in 2024. More from writeEILEEN and JakeLingeman ⬇️

Ford customers currently have access to around 10,000 fast chargers. Tesla has around 12,000 in the U.S. and Canada, meaning that Ford F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit customers will have double the amount of charging opportunities within the space of a few months.

Tesla does not intend to throttle charging speed for Ford customers when they use the new Supercharger with Musk saying that they intent to make Supercharger charging a"seamless and positive experience for Ford owners". "To have two CEOs of any major industry participate in a relatively open forum like Jim Farley and Elon Musk did today reflects a change in how companies reach customers and share news. This seems to be a new way to use Twitter.

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