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Tesla realized from the beginning that fast and extensive charging is essential to building a shared Tesla ecosystem. As a result, the company developed its own charging network from scratch.

According to Tu Yuan Pixabay, Tesla began to deploy super charging piles in 2012. The company had more than 10000 supercharging piles in June 2018, 20000 on November 8, 2020, 25000 in May 2021, 35000 on June 10, 2022, and 40000 on November 22, 2022, just five months after the last milestone.

At present, Tesla's super charging network is the most extensive fast charging network for electric vehicles in the world, and it is one of its most important advantages. Tesla supercharging stations account for about 24% of all DC fast charging stations in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

So far, the company's supercharging stations in the United States are still mainly aimed at its own car drivers. But soon, that will change.

On Wednesday, Tesla announced that it would open some US supercharging stations to competitors. This is an unprecedented move in the company's history, not only to enable it to enjoy 7.5 billion dollars in government subsidies, but also to make it easier for consumers to recharge their electric cars.

Tesla will open at least 7500 supercharging stations to non-Tesla electric vehicles by the end of 2024, according to a statement issued by the US government on Wednesday local time. Among them, 3500 new and existing supercharging stations will be opened along the highway, and 4000 slower Level 2 charging stations will be opened at hotels and restaurants.

Although Tesla's move caused Tesla owners to no longer enjoy the company's super-charging network, it was not a loss-making deal for Tesla.

1. Tesla owners still have exclusive advantages. Although at least 7500 super charging stations will be open to other non-Tesla brands by the end of next year, Tesla owners are still the only owners who can use all Tesla super charging stations. Other manufacturers can only use some of the charging stations.

Tesla provides its owners with an exclusive advantage by providing an extensive, fast and reliable charging network for electric vehicles, which may also allow potential electric car buyers to consider the Tesla brand when buying vehicles.

two。 Making Tesla eligible for government subsidies with the increase in the delivery of electric vehicles, consumer demand for charging piles also increases. To this end, the US government is working hard to promote infrastructure construction.

It is reported that the construction of electric vehicle charging network is the core part of the US government's climate change plan. Tesla wants a piece of the $7.5 billion government subsidy program to expand the nation's electric vehicle charging network.

The US government has previously said that unless Tesla opens its charging network to the outside world, the company will be excluded from the $7.5 billion in government subsidies provided by the US government.

As a result, Tesla's opening of some US supercharging stations to all electric vehicles will make it eligible for government subsidies.

In fact, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has long promised to open his supercharging network to other companies' electric vehicles. For years, he has also been talking about opening up Tesla's supercharging network.

A few years ago, Mr Musk said that Tesla would open up a supercharging network to non-Tesla electric vehicles and that carmakers would only need to design compatible cars and bear the cost of developing a supercharging network. Although some carmakers planned to work with Tesla, they got nothing in the end.

In July 2021, Musk said the company's supercharging network would be open to competitors later in 2021. But in the end, the plan did not come true. But since then, the company has been moving towards that goal.

In November 2021, Tesla launched a pilot project in the Netherlands to allow non-Tesla electric vehicles to use their network of supercharging stations to charge. The pilot project is limited to 10 Tesla supercharging stations in the Netherlands, but Tesla hopes to eventually provide services to Tesla and non-Tesla cars worldwide.

At the beginning of 2022, Tesla opened some charging stations in Norway and France to non-Tesla electric vehicles. Since then, Tesla has been rapidly expanding the project.

3. Giving Tesla a new source of income Tesla has said that providing services to non-Tesla cars through its supercharging stations will add new sources of income to its business, and the extra money may be used to build more supercharging stations.

As Tesla opens supercharging stations to all electric vehicles, more car owners will use Tesla's charging network, which will help improve the utilization of Tesla's charging network. Of course, none of this is free.

"improving the utilization of the charging network actually reduces our costs, enabling us to lower charging prices for all our customers, thus making the network more profitable and enabling us to develop it faster," said Drew Baglino, head of Tesla energy. "that's a good thing."

However, Tesla's opening up of the network of supercharging stations to other electric vehicles could also lead to overcrowding in some big cities. In response, Musk said that in order to solve this problem, Tesla may adopt dynamic pricing. For example, if your electric car charging speed is slower than Tesla's car, the company may raise the price.

Summing up the opening of some US supercharging stations may cause resentment among Tesla fans because they think that supercharging stations are already relatively crowded and that opening to other non-Tesla brands will only make the situation worse. However, this is not always the case, because in some rural areas of the United States, supercharging stations are not always fully occupied.

The opening of some US supercharging stations will not only help Tesla get government subsidies, but will also help the company gain new sources of revenue.

In addition, Tesla's opening of super charging stations to other electric vehicles can more directly help car owners alleviate the dual problems of finding available charging stations and spending a lot of time charging, which will help them allay their concerns about "not having enough charging stations." it could greatly boost the growth of the emerging electric vehicle market.

In addition, Tesla's opening of its charging network to other brands of electric vehicles has also helped the US government accelerate its goal of "building 500000 charging posts for electric vehicles".

If Tesla does not make his charging network compatible with other brands of electric vehicles, it may allow other electric vehicle charging network builders, including Electrify America, ChargePoint, Blink and EVgo, to seize most of the market.

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