Re:Tesla's Supercharger cost revealed to be just 1/5th of th...
by cyberax on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:42PM
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> Is Tesla leveraging their market cap and cash reserves to capture a monopoly position on chargers?
No. They are simply the only company that takes charging seriously.
I was helping to go through DCFC manufacturers' bids in 2021, and most of them had a "large sunlight-readable screen" listed as a fucking advantage. Because you can use it to show freaking ads or "branding".
Because that's certainly what I want to do: stare at even more ads as the charger does the slllllooooowwww negotiation process.
No. They are simply the only company that takes charging seriously.
I was helping to go through DCFC manufacturers' bids in 2021, and most of them had a "large sunlight-readable screen" listed as a fucking advantage. Because you can use it to show freaking ads or "branding".
Because that's certainly what I want to do: stare at even more ads as the charger does the slllllooooowwww negotiation process.