If you have a Tesla. There is no value in single brand chargers. It is profoundly dumb infrastructure.
> If you have a legacy automaker EV, advocate for a non Tesla DC fast charger
Always advocate for chargers that charge all brands, especially if you have a Tesla. Anything less is just stupid.
I know, I know, you despise them. Such is life. I don’t swim upstream.
https://electrek.co/2022/03/17/tesla-still-dominates-us-elec...
https://electrek.co/2022/03/10/tesla-tsla-order-rate-surging...
> Tesla is the biggest EV brand in the US by a long shot. About 80% of all electric cars in the country are Tesla vehicles, and unsurprisingly the company is starting to feel an increase in orders from gas price pressure.
> A source familiar with Tesla’s order rate said that the automaker saw it increase 100% this week compared to last in parts of the country particularly affected by gas prices.
Not if you want to build industry and infrastucture. Lack of direction and fractured infrastructure is part of the reason why America's EV market is only one third the size of Europe's.
> I know, I know, you despise them.
Then you know nothing. It's funny how you have to resort to emotion rather than addressing the obviously worse situation of single brand chargers and the obviously better outcome of infrastructure than can charge all EVs regardless of brand.
There’s a reason Teslas sell well: make something people want and they will buy it. GM is discounting their Bolts by $6k and can’t give them away.
Ah, so now you've changed your tune. It's no longer that I despise Tesla, it's just that we value different outcomes.
Your vacillation is boring and dishonest. You should try harder to keep your story straight.
Be patient as we climb the hockey stick adoption rate. Only recently did Buc-ees agree to Superchargers at every national location, for example.
(my model S gains 48 miles of range per 12 hours on a 16A 120V circuit, which works for situations like you describe, but faster charging everywhere is welcome)