Tesla confirms plan to open Supercharger network to other automakers next year

Re:Tesla confirms plan to open Supercharger network to other... by DonnyV on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:01PM (#27622346)

Well thats it. Tesla won the electric car race. What other car company is going to bother sinking money into an electrical charging network when they can use someone elses? Tesla will keep it cheap for other car companies for now. Then when most are dependent on it. They will start cranking up fees on non-Tesla vehicles. Tesla will have the lead for decades before anything is done about it.

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Re:Tesla confirms plan to open Supercharger network to other... by clouddrover on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:47PM (#27624920)

> What other car company is going to bother sinking money into an electrical charging network when they can use someone elses?

Many companies. Tesla's chargers are slow.

Circle K is deploying 300 kW chargers, faster than any Tesla charger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TVohXHjLro

Ionity deploys 350 kW chargers, also faster than any Tesla charger: https://ionity.eu/en/design-and-tech.html

Repsol deployed 400 kW chargers two years ago: https://insideevs.com/news/375020/repsol-most-powerful-charg...

All of these chargers can be used by all cars, including Teslas.

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Re:Tesla confirms plan to open Supercharger network to other... by lm28469 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:03PM (#27623071)

Won't happening in any countries with anti monopoly laws. It's not like they will be able to charge whatever they want and target only non tesla vehicles.

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Re:Tesla confirms plan to open Supercharger network to other... by mullingitover on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:35PM (#27624797)

They just need to copy the Apple model: charge so much that they don't get dominant market share, but make the experience good enough that everyone who can afford them will prefer it, so they dominate the share of profits.

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