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Based on the OP I'm really not following this line of reasoning here. The billions of dollars that are available aren't only to Tesla. Tesla actually reliably
by ericmay 4y ago
Based on the OP I'm really not following this line of reasoning here.
The billions of dollars that are available aren't only to Tesla.
Tesla actually reliably accepts and processes credit card payments without issues, unlike the anecdotes provided by others here with other charging networks and there is no reason to think that Tesla would no longer reliably accept payments given that they intentionally accept payments from all major credit card processors.
Why would they not allow 3rd-party cars to charge? They may have some prioritization scheme for Tesla vehicles, but other than that I'm just not following what you are saying here.
- vel0city 4y agoIf I were to go to a Tesla station in the US today with my non-Tesla car, it would not charge.
- natch 4y agoThat’s a choice you made. I do hope they open it up though because they will make a ton of money and use that to expand the network even more.
- ericmay 4y agoAnd why is that relevant to the conversation at hand?
- vel0city 4y ago> Why would they not allow 3rd-party cars to charge? Tesla isn't allowing my car to charge. They have a proprietary plug and a proprietary payment protocol. So if I drove my car to a Tesla stall in the US right now, it would not charge as it is not a Tesla. Why would they not, well, because for the past few years they've used their proprietary network as a marketing advantage.
- ericmay 4y agoSorry the conversation was referencing a future state not current state.
- vel0city 4y agoElon Musk said they'd support 3rd party cars by late 2022. 2023 is after 2022. We're already in this future state of "why wouldn't they support third party cars?" So yeah, why wouldn't they? Why don't they today? It's the same question and it's the same answer.
- ericmay 4y agoIn order to receive federal funding new chargers would have to be open to non-Tesla vehicles.
- vel0city 4y agoOk, so why don't they do that today in preparation to receive those federal funds? Why wait until the end of 2023 or 2024? Why would they not allow 3rd-party cars to charge, today, months after their original date they set to allow 3rd party cars to charge? There's lots of state level grants available to apply for today, so we're already in the "billions available for public EV charging" future state.
- natch 4y agoIt takes time. They are already very busy rolling out new chargers all the time. This is layering even more work on top of that.
- vel0city 4y agoIts been almost a year since first announced, you'd think they'd have at least one charger with CCS by now given how fast and bleeding edge Tesla's technology allegedly is.