Tesla is planning to make Superchargers that are accessible by all vehicles in most of the countries.
The founder and CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) Elon Musk announced that the company’s chain of fast-charging stations for its electric automobiles, aka Tesla’s Supercharger network, will commence serving other brands of electric vehicles from this year.
Meanwhile, Tesla stock went up by 2% yesterday, reaching $660.50. Today in the pre-market, the stock lost 0.23%.
The tweet was posted on Tuesday by the business magnate. This announcement follows years of gossip on the development of Tesla charging stations that are compliant with all electric vehicles.
We created our own connector, as there was no standard back then & Tesla was only maker of long range electric cars.
It’s one fairly slim connector for both low & high power charging.
That said, we’re making our Supercharger network open to other EVs later this year.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2021
Despite the tall claims by Musk, there has, as of now, not been any communication on the details about this venture. For starters, where will the DC fast-charging stations be set up still remains a question. However, according to the Billionaire, Tesla is planning to make Superchargers that are accessible by all vehicles in most of the countries.
In recent times, the billionaire has communicated the idea of introducing Superchargers to other EVs and collaborating on the technology together. In an interview in 2014, Musk suggested contributing and curating designs to create a mainstream blueprint that can be exchanged across industries.
In a gathering in 2018, Tesla CEO had, however, answered a query during an earnings call that the Supercharger Network is not anomalous to a ‘walled garden’. By this, the billionaire wanted to suggest that different brands and designs of EVs might have different charging stations that are compatible.
The most critical marketing strategy for Tesla Electric vehicles has been the fact that the company has exclusive charging stations. This herculean advantage set the company apart from its competitors in battery vehicles. The Tesla charging network is accessible to operators of Tesla vehicles without any membership fees. The company keeps a tab of the charging per minute or kilowatt-hour.
The company’s new level 3 Charging Stations have not been opened to the general public, and are available only to the owners. The connectors used in powering the vehicles can be plugged into Tesla vehicles only, enabling less crowd and higher accessibility to the Tesla customers.
Several US companies have discussed and struggled to provide charging stations that cater to battery vehicles from different brands. The companies include ChargePoint, Electrify America, Sema, and many others. Tesla’s website claims that the company currently manages more than 25,00 charging stations across the globe.
In December 2020, Musk mentioned his company’s plan to create Supercharging stations for all electric automobiles. In a conversation with YouTuber MKBHD, Marques Brownlee, the billionaire said that other Brands of EVs were “low-key” on the lookout for access to Tesla’s Superchargers and that the apparatus was already being made available to other electric cars.
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