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Tesla Motors launches Supercharger network in Norway

Green Car Congress

Tesla Motors introduced the first elements of its European Supercharger network—a set of fast charging stations across Norway. With locations in Lyngdal, Aurland, Dombås, Gol, Cinderella and Lillehammer, Norway’s most vital and commonly used roads and highways are covered by Tesla Superchargers.

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Now That's Combo Quick Charging: CHAdeMO, CCS, Tesla Supercharger

Green Car Reports

The growing number of DC fast-charging stations is making life a little more convenient for electric-car drivers--provided they can match their vehicles to the right plug.

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Tesla Model S Road Trip: Electric Cars Make It From DC To CT

Green Car Reports

Just days after the negative review of the Tesla Model S in The New York Times, a group of Tesla owners had finalized plans to re-create the reviewer's trip from Maryland to Groton, Connecticut. On Saturday, some 30 electric car fans showed up at the Tesla Motors Rockville Service Center on a gloomy, cold morning in.

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Tesla Passes 200 Supercharger Sites, Only 60 Percent In U.S.

Green Car Reports

Tesla Motors'' steadily-growing network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations for its electric cars recently hit a significant milestone. The Silicon Valley carmaker recently announced that its 200th Supercharger site is now open, in Oxnard, California--about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

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Hyundai Vs. Tesla: Exec Claims U.S. Funds Superchargers, Electric-Car Maker Angrily Rebuts

Green Car Reports

government, the Tesla Motors network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations for electric cars was paid for using "money that has come.' Every so often, an auto executive will say something that raises an eyebrow or two.

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Tesla To Offer Supercharger As Fast-Charging Standard? Free To Drivers, Yes

Green Car Reports

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors, and more specifically its CEO Elon Musk, has been dropping hints for a while now that it proposes to open up the specifications of its Supercharger DC fast-charging standard for use by other manufacturers.

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Tesla Says One Battery-Swapping Site Will Go Live In December

Green Car Reports

For more than a year, Tesla Motors has promised to open battery-swapping stations. Instead, the electric-car maker has aggressively expanded its Supercharger network of DC fast-charging stations. It first demonstrated the technology over year ago, but little progress has been seen since then.

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