Is anybody charging other vehicles with their Charge Station Pro?

Kawartha Lightning said:

Good to know. Can you control when and how much charge goes into the Rivian, the polestar or whatever you are charging from that vehicle or it’s software ? Or it just charges until you unplug it. I’m only asking because the charge station pro is not entirely predictable with the vehicle it’s supposed to be paired to so I am wondering how it would interface with 3rd party vehicles

Ford makes one of the best trucks on the planet, but the verdict is still out on its BEV technologies and it’s software applications (isn’t it fun being a guinea pig)

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socalcharge said:

I am purchasing another J1772 adapter to Tesla. I will trim to fit the CCS1 and will let you know if it works. The adapter below is certified for 80 amps which is exactly what I need!

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JerkyChew said:

I have a Charge Station Pro on the way to be installed soon. I have a Tesla Model 3 that I want to charge with my charger, but so far it looks like there's no direct path from the Ford (CCS) to Tesla (J1772). Some quick research has found some suuuuper expensive adapters - Almost more expensive than just getting a second charger installed! I was wondering if anybody is charging non-Fords with their Charge Stations and if so, how?

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J01001111E said:

Try this: CCS Charger Adapter for Tesla (Black) | Lectron — Lectron EV (ev-lectron.com)

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isbeitan said:

Hello Can you pls let me know if you were able to charge Tesla with Ford charging station pro. My Tesla came with J plug adapter but it won’t slide/fit into the Ford J plug ending

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Bwa said:

I cut a slot in the adapter to make it fit but the Tesla still doesn’t charge with his

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Kevin Folk said:

Hi Everyone, need to jump in on this...So I have my Lightning (it's great btw) and the Ford Charger Pro installed. All is working well in that regard. My wife has an Audi Q5e (plug in hybrid) and it has a J1772 plug. I have read as much as I can about charging a non-Ford car with the Ford Pro charger (there's not much on it). But the Ford site does say it can charge other EV's, but it stops short of mentioning anything else, or how to make this work. I have phoned Ford and spoken to several different cust agents, and as soon as I mention a non-ford vehicle, they instantly say I can't give you any advice as we are not able to provide info for other EVs. Fair enough, whatever. So here's what I've done so far, and what is happening. I have purchased an aftermarket J1772 extension cord. I shaved off the bottom nub so it allows the CCS Ford charger plug to attached properly (The DC plugs at the bottom of the male CCS plug just overhand the female J1772. This modification scared me a bit, but I phyiscally confirmed the DC terminals inside the charger were not connected to anything). At this point, I'm able to now plug the J1772 extension cord into the Audi plug. This is where things stop working...the Ford charger recognizes that it's plugged into an EV, but it quickly disconnects or stops charging and flashes a fault. In about 2 seconds, it tries again, and then faults out. It continues to cycle through like this again and agian, until I unplug the Audi. I don't know if the Audi is the problem or if the charger is the problem. I went as far as to down-rate the charger to 32A (the audi charger goes at 40A) so I know the charger isn't trying to push too much power. Now I also read that in the FordPass app, that you need to grant 'access' to other EV's, although I'm not able to find this in the FordPass app on my phone. One of the Ford cust agents said that I needed to add another Ford EV to the app, and then I would be able to grant access to charge that car, but again, as soon as I said I was wanting to grant access for a non-Ford EV, they stopped talking. So I'm at a loss frankly. I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this and had success charging a non-ford EV. (I realize there's a lot of talk about Tesla's, I happen to have an Audi). If I can give any advice or warning, if you're thinking of trying to get a Ford EV and Ford pro charger, and want to charge another non-Ford EV, think twice about the Ford charger, and maybe go with another aftermarket charger! Cheers and thanks for reading this...

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cavedweller said:

Great news. It works on first connection now on 2023 Telsa Model Y with latest update in March 2023. I don't have an F150 lightning. I bought a Charge Station Pro in Dec. 2022 anticipating a Lyriq with 19.2kW charging. But, i fell into the Tesla January trap and bought a 2023 Model Y (which I do love). I would always have to plug and unplug 3 to 5 times for the Tesla to start charging. This was annoying for scheduled middle of the night charging. Fast forward to mid March. After latest Tesla update, the Model Y now starts charging immediately. And the charger does NOT click several times to negotiate with the Tesla. On all 5 ocassions that I've connected the charger since that upgrade, there is no more plugging and unplugging! I'm stoked!

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ChasingCoral said:

Did you have to customize the Tesla adapter?

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