Tesla is opening its charging community to different electric cars for the primary time with a pilot program within the Netherlands, because the world’s most useful carmaker seems to be to deliver electric vehicles into the mainstream.
This system will probably be examined at 10 places within the Netherlands, the corporate mentioned on Monday, including that Dutch non-Tesla EV drivers can entry the Tesla stations, or Superchargers, by way of the Tesla app.
Tesla drivers can proceed to make use of these stations and the corporate will intently monitor every web site for congestion.
Tesla operates greater than 25,000 Superchargers worldwide, whereas different carmakers have fashioned alliances or invested in startups for networks as they rush new electrical automobiles to market.
The Superchargers are open to automobiles with the Mixed Charging System (CCS) favored by BMW, Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler, Ford and the Volkswagen Group, which incorporates Audi and Porsche.
Tesla makes use of the CCS normal in Europe, permitting a variety of automobiles to cost in stations with out an adapter that makes use of an identical connector.
Charging costs for non-Tesla drivers will embrace further prices to assist a broad vary of automobiles and web site changes to accommodate these automobiles, Tesla mentioned. The worth to cost will be lowered with a charging membership, it added.
“This transfer straight helps our mission to speed up the world’s transition to sustainable vitality,” the corporate mentioned.
Tesla, which crossed $1 trillion in market capitalization for the primary time final week, has defied provide chain points and global chip shortages to mark a document quarter for automotive deliveries as demand ramps up and its investments in new factories repay.
