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Originally Posted by John V
I don't know. Looking here, it appears that there are a lot of DC fast chargers out there that are not Superchargers. VW has had some problems with Electrify America, but they're still rolling out charging locations pretty fast. It always seemed odd to me that Tesla created a standard that is locked to their cars - they missed a potential revenue stream by not enabling Superchargers to charge other cars. |
That can be deceiving for a few reasons. First, other DC fast chargers aren't as fast as Superchargers. Second, in most cases a DC fast charger will only have a single outlet. If a car is already there when you get there, you're hosed. There's also rarely any kind of on-line status available. Third, in many cases the chargers run by third party networks aren't reliably on line when you get there, which can be a problem if you don't have much divert range/time. Fourth, a lot of those chargers are at car dealers. And finally, there are two other DC fast charger standards, so whichever one you have you can't use the other.
Which isn't to say that there aren't other charging options out there. Just, from a practical standpoint, it's hard to overstate how much better the Supercharger network is for actual travel/use than anything else out there. It's a HUGE advantage for Tesla.