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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by freefaler on Sunday May 12, 2024 @04:40PM (#40337413)
Well, we can compare it with Tesla rollout of their supercharger network.

2012 - 7

2013 - 63

2014 - 380

(based on Wikipedia with cited sources there)

So second year is +56, third +317.

So a comparable rate should be possible.

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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by edmundsauto on Sunday May 12, 2024 @11:00PM (#40339414)
How many years did it take to get to 7?
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by romafirst3 on Monday May 13, 2024 @01:16AM (#40340018)
Tesla was founded in 2003.

So only 9 years.

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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by freefaler on Monday May 13, 2024 @03:28AM (#40340602)
They didn't start with the Supercharger network right away. First they had to build the car and survive which wasn't 100% certain.
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by romafirst3 on Monday May 13, 2024 @11:45AM (#40344612)
Still took 9 years to get to 7 chargers. So this article is complaining about a 450% increase in rate of charger building.
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