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This is interesting news. First of all, it is good news, if the Tesla locations become available to other car brands as well. But it is probably also pointing t
by _ph_ 5y ago
This is interesting news. First of all, it is good news, if the Tesla locations become available to other car brands as well. But it is probably also pointing to a change in the Tesla company strategy. So far, superchargers were built to enable long-distance travel with Tesla cars and consequently sell more cars. Tesla recently opened up a large factory for superchargers in China. It looks to me as if they could be entering the business of providing public charging as an individual profit center. Being able to mass manufacture the charging installations, they could have a huge cost advantage, and the superchargers are known to work very well in general. And of course the superchargers keep being a benefit to all Tesla owners.
- wazoox 5y agoTesla chargers are head and shoulders over their competitors in Europe. There are more of them, they are in better shape overall, they are more powerful, and I'm pretty confident that they work better. Plus so far Tesla is way cheaper than its competitors, so much that is probably can undercut them on price too. This looks like an easy disruption...