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arrives for the ID4 and the hi-fi Z that beats out Tesla. Plus, stay tuned. Because later in the show,

I'll tell you what Italy is saying about why they haven't embraced TVs as much as their neighbours.

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Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. We'll start with some news coming out of

Ford, which is something that many of the Ford owners of the F-150 Lightning and the Mac E that

want to use the Tesla Supercharger Network have been waiting for, and that's Jim Farley.

Now, he's the CEO of Ford announcing that the owners of those vehicles will sooner receive a Tesla adapter at no cost to them, including free shipping.

Now, I don't think many of those owners would have minded it to say, hey, Ford has secured access to the supercharger network like all the companies are doing with the NACS connector.

And here's an adapter that you can possibly purchase.

And if you want to use that supercharger network, that's great if you any ever charge at home, no problem.

I think that's going way over and above what they need to do.

Fantastic customer service.

This is brilliant from Ford to send these out at no cost, including free shipping.

Eligibility, well, it depends on the vehicle's VIN. There's a reservation process in place to

secure your free adapter. The details on the technical specs, how you reserve them, how the shipping works,

etc. All still TVC, starting in, they say spring that the supercharger network will

open up. Well, from what I gather from the people that I talk to in the industry, Tesla will

be ready before Ford, as it were. So Ford, Ruvian, GM, the first ones that are

going to be out of the box using the NACs adapters and using the supercharger network. Interesting

little asterisk, by the way, on the press release, these are V3s and above. So there are some

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