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During the Q2 2021 earnings call, Musk (and someone who's name I didn't catch) spelled out some more details on sharing the supercharger network.
Going from memory here so please correct me if I miss a point, I'll try to update this top post if needed.
The #1 big thing which made me happy is that they are planning on accelerating the Supercharger network growth so it's growing at a faster pace than car sales. This is part of the motivation behind adding non-Tesla vehicles to the network. Essentially, the more the stations are used, the more profitable the system is and the faster they can grow the network. (And yes... they actually said "Profitable").
Tesla is likely providing some kind of adaptor at the charger for non-Tesla vehicles. This is good news for existing Tesla owners. To activate the charger non-Tesla owners will have an app and put in their stall number.
They are planning on implementing more time-of-day/ demand based rate shifting to encourage off-peak charging. Not clear if they are just making windows of time or will actually up the rates as the station fills up.
They are adding a time component to the charging rate so slower charging cars will pay more per kWh. So if some guy in an older Leaf rolls up and takes 90 minutes to squeeze a full charge into his car at 50kW, its going to be more expensive getting the same amount of juice in 10 minutes on a Model S. It also means due to tapering, charging your Tesla from 5%-15% is going to be less expensive than charging from 90-100%. No details on how much this will impact cost.
Ok... I've said more than they did now.
Anything I missed? Thoughts?
Going from memory here so please correct me if I miss a point, I'll try to update this top post if needed.
The #1 big thing which made me happy is that they are planning on accelerating the Supercharger network growth so it's growing at a faster pace than car sales. This is part of the motivation behind adding non-Tesla vehicles to the network. Essentially, the more the stations are used, the more profitable the system is and the faster they can grow the network. (And yes... they actually said "Profitable").
Tesla is likely providing some kind of adaptor at the charger for non-Tesla vehicles. This is good news for existing Tesla owners. To activate the charger non-Tesla owners will have an app and put in their stall number.
They are planning on implementing more time-of-day/ demand based rate shifting to encourage off-peak charging. Not clear if they are just making windows of time or will actually up the rates as the station fills up.
They are adding a time component to the charging rate so slower charging cars will pay more per kWh. So if some guy in an older Leaf rolls up and takes 90 minutes to squeeze a full charge into his car at 50kW, its going to be more expensive getting the same amount of juice in 10 minutes on a Model S. It also means due to tapering, charging your Tesla from 5%-15% is going to be less expensive than charging from 90-100%. No details on how much this will impact cost.
Ok... I've said more than they did now.
Anything I missed? Thoughts?
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