Liam Denning, Columnist

Ford and Tesla Are Now Frenemies In the EV Battle

Both companies know that the key to faster adoption of electric vehicles isn’t overbuilding cleantech hardware but using what’s available more effectively.

May 26, 2023 at 4:04 PM UTC

By Liam Denning

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

Ford struck a deal with rival Tesla to give its EV customers access to the Tesla Supercharger network. — Ford struck a deal with rival Tesla to give its EV customers access to the Tesla Supercharger network.
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In Ford v Ferrari, the Blue Oval reinvents itself as a 1960s racecar leader in a crucible of prototyping, infighting and sheer physical endurance. These days, Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley just gets on a Twitter Space with his rival.

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has had a busy week on Spaces and on Thursday evening he hosted Farley to announce a new partnership on public charging for electric vehicles. Under the agreement, Ford EV drivers will from next spring gain access to about 12,000 Tesla superchargers in North America, via an adapter for legacy vehicles and a built-in port for future models.