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It may look similar at a glance, but they're quite a ways behind in practice. Tesla has over 1500 charger stations (and 13,000 stalls) in north america right n

It may look similar at a glance, but they're quite a ways behind in practice. Tesla has over 1500 charger stations (and 13,000 stalls) in north america right now, Electrify america is planning 500 stations (2,000 stalls) by the end of 2019. If you take a look at tesla's map they not only have significantly more coverage, but they have a lot more density around cities where from what I can see EA has just a couple stations. Not to mention that EA seems to only have a few stalls at each location, compared to 6+ in most places for the tesla superchargers that i've personally seen. I'm all for more chargers, and I'm excited that EA is happening, but Tesla is pretty much unparalleled right now when it comes to charging infrastructure, by quite a large margin. https://www.tesla.com/supercharger https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

bryanlarsen 7y ago
End of 2019 is only phase 2 of 4, and significantly less than half of the money spent.
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clouddrover 7y ago
> Electrify america is planning 500 stations (2,000 stalls) by the end of 2019 And roaming agreements with other networks, such as ChargePoint: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/11/electrify-america-chargepoint-enter-into-roaming-agreement/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/11/electrify-america-charg...
- Klathmon 7y ago
  That's actually pretty awesome, but the ChargePoint chargers are only "Level 2". They're great for charging where you've stopped for a few hours or more, but it would be a nightmare to try and do any kind of road trip with them at any time except overnight. Tesla has what they call "Destination chargers" which are a similar speed/level, and I don't know of any counts of them off the top of my head, but they probably outnumber the Superchargers by 3-to-1 (as a complete guess based on how many show up around me on the map). If we're comparing DC fast charging to DC fast charging, neither of those really count, and if you're on a road trip, neither Destination chargers nor chargepoint chargers are a realistic option unless you are stopping for several hours.
  - clouddrover 7y ago
    > the ChargePoint chargers are only "Level 2" No, they do fast chargers as well: https://www.chargepoint.com/products/dc-fast/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/dc-fast/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/network/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/network/
    - Klathmon 7y ago
      Well shit! That's my bad I never saw any near me and assumed they didn't really offer them. They've got quite a few! Thanks!

bryanlarsen 7y ago

End of 2019 is only phase 2 of 4, and significantly less than half of the money spent.

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clouddrover 7y ago

> Electrify america is planning 500 stations (2,000 stalls) by the end of 2019 And roaming agreements with other networks, such as ChargePoint: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/11/electrify-america-chargepoint-enter-into-roaming-agreement/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/11/electrify-america-charg...

Klathmon 7y ago
That's actually pretty awesome, but the ChargePoint chargers are only "Level 2". They're great for charging where you've stopped for a few hours or more, but it would be a nightmare to try and do any kind of road trip with them at any time except overnight. Tesla has what they call "Destination chargers" which are a similar speed/level, and I don't know of any counts of them off the top of my head, but they probably outnumber the Superchargers by 3-to-1 (as a complete guess based on how many show up around me on the map). If we're comparing DC fast charging to DC fast charging, neither of those really count, and if you're on a road trip, neither Destination chargers nor chargepoint chargers are a realistic option unless you are stopping for several hours.
- clouddrover 7y ago
  > the ChargePoint chargers are only "Level 2" No, they do fast chargers as well: https://www.chargepoint.com/products/dc-fast/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/dc-fast/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/network/ https://www.chargepoint.com/products/network/
  - Klathmon 7y ago
    Well shit! That's my bad I never saw any near me and assumed they didn't really offer them. They've got quite a few! Thanks!