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Tesla is not the only fast charging network though. In Switzerland for example there are many (Move, GoFast, Ionity, etc.) and some are even cheaper than Tesla.

by Faaak 4y ago

darknavi 4y ago
In the US at least their charging network is top tier. EA is rolling out pretty wide with US highways but most non-Tesla Supercharger site's reliability is laughable right now. To the point where they simply don't work when it's cold outside [0]. We (US) really need more competition in this space. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0RAjJ1PKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0RAjJ1PKQ
- Symbiote 4y ago
  According to the International Energy Agency, Europe (includes UK) has 49 thousand fast chargers vs. the USA's 22 thousand. (Also 307 thousand slow chargers vs 92 thousand.) That's a much bigger difference than I would have expected. Probably the slow charger need is less in the USA with more houses and fewer apartments, but the fast charger requirement should be higher, with longer average journeys and more interstate travel. I don't often travel by car, so I'm rarely in the kinds of places a fast charger would be located, but on a recent trip to Britain I was surprised to see so many chargers. I think they were in almost all the car parks we used. The UK has 7 thousand fast chargers, 29 thousand slow. (China's numbers are incredible, 470 thousand fast chargers!) https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2022/trends-in-charging-infrastructure https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2022/trends-in... https://www.zap-map.com/statistics/ https://www.zap-map.com/statistics/
  - coutego 4y ago
    Well, if you take population into account (even just the EU part of Europe has more population than the US) the difference between US and Europe is not that big. China though...

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Tesla is not the only fast charging network though. In Switzerland for example there are many (Move, GoFast, Ionity, etc.) and some are even cheaper than Tesla.

by Faaak 4y ago

Tesla is not the only fast charging network though. In Switzerland for example there are many (Move, GoFast, Ionity, etc.) and some are even cheaper than Tesla.

darknavi 4y ago
In the US at least their charging network is top tier. EA is rolling out pretty wide with US highways but most non-Tesla Supercharger site's reliability is laughable right now. To the point where they simply don't work when it's cold outside [0]. We (US) really need more competition in this space. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0RAjJ1PKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0RAjJ1PKQ
- Symbiote 4y ago
  According to the International Energy Agency, Europe (includes UK) has 49 thousand fast chargers vs. the USA's 22 thousand. (Also 307 thousand slow chargers vs 92 thousand.) That's a much bigger difference than I would have expected. Probably the slow charger need is less in the USA with more houses and fewer apartments, but the fast charger requirement should be higher, with longer average journeys and more interstate travel. I don't often travel by car, so I'm rarely in the kinds of places a fast charger would be located, but on a recent trip to Britain I was surprised to see so many chargers. I think they were in almost all the car parks we used. The UK has 7 thousand fast chargers, 29 thousand slow. (China's numbers are incredible, 470 thousand fast chargers!) https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2022/trends-in-charging-infrastructure https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2022/trends-in... https://www.zap-map.com/statistics/ https://www.zap-map.com/statistics/
  - coutego 4y ago
    Well, if you take population into account (even just the EU part of Europe has more population than the US) the difference between US and Europe is not that big. China though...