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This seems like a net-negative for Tesla, in terms of customer retention. My inital reactions to this as a current Tesla owner: o I'm not looking forward to ad
by drewg123 5y ago
This seems like a net-negative for Tesla, in terms of customer retention. My inital reactions to this as a current Tesla owner:
o I'm not looking forward to additional crowding at superchargers.
o I'm EV enthusiast who road-trips and who is locked into Tesla due to the supercharger network. So I'm excited because this makes other car brands far more attractive, and means my next car will likely not be a Tesla.
Neither of these reactions is good for Tesla.
- mabub24 5y agoIt seems inevitable that Tesla will have to start catering more in the future to a upscale/luxury market (even if they are technically already, despite the popular perception that works in their favor that EVs = Tesla's for many people), which might be difficult for them with some of their QC issues. Hopefully, they can get that under control and not end up like the Jaguar of the EV market.
- throwaway894345 5y agoFWIW, Tesla has a CCS adapter. Not sure if it's available in all locations or not (and apparently it only supports model s and x atm), but I imagine it will be made more widely available (why would Tesla want to lock you into its own charging stations when they make their money on car sales?). https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/CCS/CCS_Combo_2_Adapter_en.pdf https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/CCS/CCS_Combo_2_Ad...
- drewg123 5y agoI say "locked in" mainly because the tesla network is the only reliable network in the USA. There are many horror stories about other vendors' fast chargers.