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CTOnews.com, February 11 (Xinhua) although Tesla has opened the supercharging network to other manufacturers in Europe and Australia, it has never really done so in the United States, where the electric vehicle market is dominated by Tesla, even though Musk has mentioned opening its charging network many times.

Now, the arrogant carmaker may usher in a $7.5 billion reason to speed up the landing of these plans.

The Department of Transportation will finalise a plan next week to require Tesla to expand its proprietary charging equipment in the US and add "charging piles for its competitors", Reuters quoted US government officials as saying. Otherwise, the carmaker will be excluded from the $7.5 billion subsidy offered by Washington.

The US government hopes to convert 50 per cent of new cars in the US into electric vehicles by 2030 and plans to install 500000 electric car chargers across the country in the next few years (100000 in 2021). Advocates believe that the lack of electric vehicle charging stations on American roads has greatly dragged down the growth of electric vehicle sales and the positive impact on the environment.

In January last year, Tesla wrote to the Federal Highway Administration to advise the government on how to develop a charging plan for Tuyuan Pexels. Ohio officials say the company has responded to a recent request for a charging plan, and will be open to upgrading chargers or building new chargers to meet federal requirements in Arizona, but no final decision has been made.

Mickey Landrieu, the head of White House infrastructure, told reporters that Musk met with White House officials in Washington last month, and one of the topics discussed between the two sides was the electric vehicle charging plan.

CTOnews.com adds here that Musk said on the earnings call in July 2021 that the focus of Tesla's charging network "is not to build a walled garden and then use it to hit our competitors", but he did not discuss these details publicly.

Tesla had already built at least 40,000 supercharging stations worldwide, making it the world's largest DC fast charging network, according to data released in November last year.

In addition, Tesla recently opened its charging gun design, which the company hopes to become the new charging standard in North America. In addition, Tesla is also developing the fourth generation supercharging station. It is expected to have higher peak charging power and facilitate the use of non-Tesla electric vehicles.

Tesla has 40, 000 supercharging stations worldwide, making it the largest DC fast charging network.

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