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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by threeseed on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:43PM (#21141575)
In the EU for example Ionity is a superior charging network to Tesla's. And Tesla gets their batteries from the same place that everyone else does i.e LG.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-23/tesla-sai...

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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by danhak on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:51PM (#21141628)
There are currently 474 supercharger stations in Europe vs. 150 for Ionity: https://supercharge.info/charts

The link you provided refers only to the LG supply deal exclusively for Model 3 / China.

Tesla owns the largest battery production facility on the planet (Gigafactory 1 in Sparks NV) which supplies battery in partnership with Panasonic.

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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by clouddrover on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @09:49PM (#21142794)
> There are currently 474 supercharger stations in Europe vs. 150 for Ionity

But the difference is Ionity is CCS and all EVs can charge at its chargers. CCS cars can use any CCS provider like Ionity, FastNed, Allego, etc. which is the correct approach. I can fuel my ICE car at any fuel station and I should be able to charge my EV at any charging station.

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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by danhak on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:06PM (#21142883)
While accurate, your post only serves to underscore Tesla’s strategic advantage here.
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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by clouddrover on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:16PM (#21142933)
There are no long term advantages to closed networks. They either become dead infrastructure or they get converted to the common standard.
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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by danhak on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:26PM (#21142978)
Tell that to Facebook and Apple.
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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by clouddrover on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:30PM (#21143003)
You mean two companies that run their businesses on a global, standardized, interoperable computer network aka The Internet?

You're making the case for CCS. I agree with you. A common charging standard is better for everyone, just like common internet protocols allow Facebook and Apple to be successful.

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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by danhak on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:35PM (#21143029)
No, I mean two companies that are notorious for vigorously defending their proprietary walled gardens.
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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by clouddrover on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @11:42PM (#21143411)
Tesla's current charging network is more like the early days of AOL or Prodigy. They both eventually converted to being internet providers.
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Re:Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 by cameldrv on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:51PM (#21141622)
In the EU Ionity has 150 locations and Tesla has 400.
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