Supercharger for Business – Tesla

https://www.tesla.com/supercharger-for-business

by bilsbie • 11 months ago

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thekid314• 11 months ago

Electrify America, EVgo, ChargePoint, and Blink Charging also offer "Site Host" programs.

yieldcrv• 11 months ago

They’re all ghetto though, they need a repair SLA

crooked-v• 11 months ago

Who's supposed to bee doing the maintenance? Elon mass fired most of the Supercharger team, including maintenance workers, in the middle of last year (https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-d...).

shmoe• 11 months ago

They did scramble to hire some back, and I do see a truck repairing stalls at a few of the local superchargers. So someone's doing it! :)

Could be a volunteer at this point.

toomuchtodo• 11 months ago

Mobile techs are usually doing double duty for both local owner vehicle maintenance that can be done outside of a service center and local supercharger O&M.

lawlessone• 11 months ago

Could be a volunteer at this point.

"we've promoted you to intern"

yreg2• 11 months ago

I'm in Europe, so no idea how it's elsewhere, but for me Tesla's network is much more reliable than any competitor which I have used at least a few times.

There are always some stalls that work (usually all of them). I have had plenty of experiences with non-Tesla chargers where I wasn't able to charge. Sometimes it was quite stressful. I no longer navigate to non-Tesla chargers without a healthy battery reserve.

isusmelj• 11 months ago

I can only agree with your experience in Europe. I do not get how they do that, but Tesla Superchargers are more reliable. The occupancy information works better, they are easier to use, and they almost always offer a more competitive price. I often see other chargers that are 50 to 100 percent more expensive and only very rarely see offers that are within 10 to 50 percent.

What strikes me is that this difference can make EVs more expensive per kilometer if you only compare energy cost with fuel cost.

Here is the math with numbers. Tesla chargers in Switzerland and Germany are usually at most CHF 0.50 or EUR 0.60 per kilowatt hour at the more expensive locations, along highways for example. They offer fast charging of 150 kW or more. Alternative providers often start at around CHF 0.75 for 50 kW or CHF 1.00 for more than 250 kW fast charging. If your electric car consumes 20 kWh (Model 3 is at around 15 I think) per 100 km you end up with costs of CHF 10.00, CHF 15.00, or CHF 20.00 per 100 km at CHF 0.50, CHF 0.75, or CHF 1.00 per kilowatt hour. If you drive a petrol car that uses 8 l per 100 km and the cost per liter is CHF 1.70 you pay CHF 13.60 per 100 km.

anonu• 11 months ago

Whats the investment cost?

tw04• 11 months ago

So… fire the whole supercharger team with no plan. All your rollouts stall… offer to allow businesses to fund further rollout and they get to… put a logo on the charger and have what’s likely a 100 year return on investment?

Rover222• 11 months ago

As a regular user of the supercharger network, it’s always reliable, and new spots are popping up all the time.

Supercharger for Business – Tesla

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