Just last month, the new OEM fast-charging adapter for Ford EVs – which was developed in conjunction with Lectron – was added to The Blue Oval’s catalog, enabling owners to charge their Combined Charging Standard (CCS) equipped vehicles at North American Charging Standard (NACS) chargers, such as those present at Tesla Supercharger stations. This robust new piece retails for $200, but soon, it may wind up becoming more expensive as a result of tariffs, it seems.
According to InsideEVs, Christopher Maiwald – CEO and founder of Lectron – has revealed that the company’s adapters are in fact made in China, which was just slapped with a 125 percent tariff by U.S. President Donald Trump. Lectron is working to move some of its production to Vietnam by Q3 of this year, but that country is also subject to a 46 percent tariff, so that won’t provide it with much relief, either.
At the moment, it’s unclear how these tariffs will impact the price of Lectron’s OEM Ford adapter, however. “Even if the adapter is assembled in China, some of the resins that we use to make the plastic come from an American supplier,” Maiwald said. “Are those going to become more expensive now, too? It’s too early to say what exactly the impact is. “We are studying this right now. But it will definitely make stuff more expensive.” Plenty of other companies make and sell CCS to NACS adapters, with some being produced in the U.S., so this development isn’t exactly ideal for Lectron.
Ford is already dealing with the impacts of these global tariffs, which it has resigned to paying on imported vehicles and major components. However, the automaker is also lobbying the Trump administration to lower or eliminate tariffs for low-cost parts that are made in other countries using cheap labor, as those levies could increase its costs by “billions.”
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