Elon Musk has decided to make important changes in connection with the Tesla charging infrastructure – to the delight of all non-Tesla users. Meanwhile, owners of a Tesla vehicle criticize the planned restructuring.
Good news for owners of the more than 350,000 electric cars in Germany. Tesla founder and managing director Elon Musk has announced that the exclusive Tesla charging network will be available to other brands in the near future.
TESLA OPENS SUPERCHARGER CHARGING STATIONS TO EVERYONE
Elon Musk announced in a recent Twitter post that will soon be the cars of other electric car manufacturers to Tesla’s Supercharger stations can be loaded . The Tesla boss did not name a specific point in time, but the restructuring should take place this year – at least in some countries. When asked by a Twitter user, Musk replied that the change would apply to all countries, but would only be implemented “over time”.
In Germany, Tesla should be able to implement the Supercharger opening relatively easily. Although there are already around 1,000 Tesla charging points at 90 locations in this country, the electric car manufacturer has equipped them with the CCS standard that is common in Europe. In North America, on the other hand, Tesla uses an in-house connection that the company would first have to equip with a corresponding adapter. Musk justified its existence on Twitter by stating that there was no standard when Tesla developed its own connection.
Tesla users seem anything but enthusiastic about the development. Many e-car owners expressed their displeasure in the associated Twitter comments. The main point of criticism was that the closed charging network was a great advantage and an important reason to buy. This is why Tesla customers now seem to feel “cheated”.
MUSK REMAINS VAGUE
The expansion of the charging infrastructure for e-cars is making slow progress in
Germany. According to a report by the Handelsblatt, this is due to numerous bureaucratic processes such as approval procedures. For example, the federal government provided 300 million euros in taxpayers’ money between 2017 and 2020 for the expansion of almost 30,000 publicly accessible charging points. Of this, 246 million euros were approved for applicants. So far, however, only around 30 million euros have been paid out.
Tesla’s announcement for electric car owners seems all the more promising. However, Musk remained rather vague in his remarks. It is currently unclear how the implementation will take place in practice – and not only from a technical point of view, but also with regard to the payment method. However, the electric car manufacturer is likely to answer most of the open questions in the coming months.
