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yep, now imagine summer super hot day, your A/C is burning, and some touristic destination charger is busy. Why on earth tesla owner should spent 1h on charging
by maxdo 5y ago
yep, now imagine summer super hot day, your A/C is burning, and some touristic destination charger is busy. Why on earth tesla owner should spent 1h on charging instead of 15 minutes? Especially premium model S/X owners? I don't understand why.
It's sort of communism. Tesla spent billions in their infra. Tesla sells as much cars as possible. One of the reasons they are successful is their infra.
There is no rational reason for Tesla to do so. It will increase competition for other networks in a negative way. If somewhere in the mountains there is a tesla charger and others can use it... Why global charging networks would build something there? Unless amount of non-tesla cars is several times higher.
Also, considering Tesla plans and release of $25k in 2023 in 1-2 years existing infra would be extremely busy.
We need a place for alternative networks, not suffocate competition with communism regulations and promoting Tesla network as the only option.
- dane-pgp 5y agoI didn't say that Tesla should do this, much less be forced to do it. If they did open up their charger network, they would have to make a profit from it some how. For example, Tesla could set a higher price for charging cars made by other manufacturers, and the limits on how long they could charge for would act as another reminder to car owners of the benefits of a Tesla. I think your logic of exclusivity works both ways, and suggests that other charging networks should forbid Teslas from charging on them, unless Tesla paid them a huge annual service charge. To some extent, a rising tide lifts all boats, so encouraging more people to buy electric cars provides more charging points for Tesla owners even if the company stop building superchargers.