Across the Atlantic, Tesla plans to create a monthly subscription for holders of electric vehicles other brands. This would offer them access to its Supercharger terminals.
Indeed, if the firm of Elon Musk has already opened its European charging stations to other cars, with sometimes mixed results, this is still not the case in the United States.
By opening its Superchargers, Tesla would access public funds
The reasons for this discrepancy are simple: in Europe, a universal connector is made available to all electric vehicles while in the United States, there are three different types of fast charges, one of them being that of You’re here. The company nevertheless wishes to open its vast network of Superchargers, which has nearly 1,400 stations scattered across the country, to other brands, if possible before the end of the year.
Indeed, this would allow it to access public funding as part of the Biden administration’s plan to modernize American infrastructure, which notably includes $7.5 billion for the establishment of charging stations. Although Tesla is still working on the deployment of this novelty, it seems that the firm plans to offer two options for accessing its Superchargers for drivers of electric vehicles from other brands.
Two separate offers are in preparation
For a limited period of time, Tesla thus offered two distinct offers on its site: the first is called “ Pay Per Use (pay per charge) and as its name suggests, should allow drivers to pay per kilowatt for their charging, with a higher price than for Tesla owners. The second offer is therefore a monthly subscription that would allow owners of vehicles of other brands to pay the equivalent of the price that Tesla owners pay for the kilowatt.
However, Tesla was quick to remove these offers, suggesting that this was a test that would need more thought to be offered quickly to Americans. It is also unknown whether the company will offer adapters directly at its charging stations or whether motorists will have to obtain one beforehand.
As a reminder, the opening of Superchargers is not unanimous at Tesla, some believing that the network of terminals offered by the company, the largest in the United States, constitutes a sizeable argument to convince consumers to turn towards the mark.
Source : Electrek
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