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Because they can’t sell their cars in locations where they haven’t built out a supercharger network, which is still most of the world. The more interoperable st

Because they can’t sell their cars in locations where they haven’t built out a supercharger network, which is still most of the world. The more interoperable standard will win there. Starting a supercharging station worldwide is very different from doing it in a few first world countries.

dahfizz 5y ago
Do a lot of $50,000+ cars get sold in third world countries? I'm not sure those markets are a priority for Tesla.
- sudhirj 5y ago
  Would seem that way, but yeah. A car affordable to 10% of a 100 million people and 1% of a billion people is the same market size.
- michaelt 5y ago
  The UK has a Tesla charging network, but it's very sparse in places [1] - if you're in Peterborough the nearest Tesla charger is 40 minutes drive away. A bunch of other networks have chargers that are much closer. I suppose you could argue the UK is a third world country, of course :) [1] https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips
  - dahfizz 5y ago
    The UK is also tiny. You don't need superchargers in every neighborhood, because people charge the cars at home. There are ample superchargers to get you anywhere in the UK you would want to go.
- fakedang 5y ago
  The district in India where my grandmother was from was the poorest in that state, and one of the poorest in India overall. In the span of the past 20 years (one generational transition), that district has transformed into one of the more affluent districts in the state, as well as the biggest car market in the country, especially for luxury cars such as BMW, Mercedes, Jeep and Range Rover. And also 0.1% of Indians or Africans is still 1 million potential customers or 300k cars sold potentially. Or $15B each market. So yeah, it makes sense to pay attention to the third world too.
shmoe 5y ago
In those countries they're using the CCS combo port. Usually because they're mandated to.
postingawayonhn 5y ago
> Because they can’t sell their cars in locations where they haven’t built out a supercharger network If they start selling their cars in a certain country they just build a few superchargers. It's not that hard. They even have a couple in the middle of Kazakhstan for some reason.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  > They even have a couple in the middle of Kazakhstan for some reason. Vocal outreach by a Tesla fan (have met, awesome person). https://insideevs.com/features/388623/tesla-superchargers-kazakhstan/ https://insideevs.com/features/388623/tesla-superchargers-ka...
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dahfizz 5y ago

Do a lot of $50,000+ cars get sold in third world countries? I'm not sure those markets are a priority for Tesla.

sudhirj 5y ago
Would seem that way, but yeah. A car affordable to 10% of a 100 million people and 1% of a billion people is the same market size.
michaelt 5y ago
The UK has a Tesla charging network, but it's very sparse in places [1] - if you're in Peterborough the nearest Tesla charger is 40 minutes drive away. A bunch of other networks have chargers that are much closer. I suppose you could argue the UK is a third world country, of course :) [1] https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips
- dahfizz 5y ago
  The UK is also tiny. You don't need superchargers in every neighborhood, because people charge the cars at home. There are ample superchargers to get you anywhere in the UK you would want to go.
fakedang 5y ago
The district in India where my grandmother was from was the poorest in that state, and one of the poorest in India overall. In the span of the past 20 years (one generational transition), that district has transformed into one of the more affluent districts in the state, as well as the biggest car market in the country, especially for luxury cars such as BMW, Mercedes, Jeep and Range Rover. And also 0.1% of Indians or Africans is still 1 million potential customers or 300k cars sold potentially. Or $15B each market. So yeah, it makes sense to pay attention to the third world too.

shmoe 5y ago

In those countries they're using the CCS combo port. Usually because they're mandated to.

postingawayonhn 5y ago

> Because they can’t sell their cars in locations where they haven’t built out a supercharger network If they start selling their cars in a certain country they just build a few superchargers. It's not that hard. They even have a couple in the middle of Kazakhstan for some reason.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
> They even have a couple in the middle of Kazakhstan for some reason. Vocal outreach by a Tesla fan (have met, awesome person). https://insideevs.com/features/388623/tesla-superchargers-kazakhstan/ https://insideevs.com/features/388623/tesla-superchargers-ka...

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