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So I just assumed the lease on a Chevy Bolt so I could cheaply try an electric out for a year. So far so good. The biggest issue, and not a big one since I ca

So I just assumed the lease on a Chevy Bolt so I could cheaply try an electric out for a year. So far so good. The biggest issue, and not a big one since I can charge at home, is that 80% of the chargers around are Tesla Superchargers. If Tesla wants to help the environment and boost EV adoption overall, they'll make their supercharger network available to other brands. I hear it is coming, but as far as I know I can't do it yet, even with an adapter. I totally understand Tesla prioritizing its customers with a better/faster charging experience, but building a private charging network makes me think they really don't give a shit about anything but Tesla.

bradlys 5y ago
> but building a private charging network makes me think they really don't give a shit about anything but Tesla. duh? They're not a company for public good. They're a company to make money. We live in a capitalist society. How is that a surprise?
DarmokJalad1701 5y ago
They offered it to other OEMs before in exchange for support for upkeep/expansion and none of them took them up on it.
makerofspoons 5y ago
I'm a Bolt driver with the opposite experience- every charger around me is a ChargePoint, EVGo, or Electrify America. This isn't generally true across the country of course, but I generally drive in the Denver/Boulder, Colorado area which is somewhere I would expect considerable EV infrastructure. Some do have a single Tesla connector among a set of several J1772 connectors, although most commonly I see several J1772 connectors and one for Nissan Leafs.