A few days ago, according to foreign media reports, “Tesla will soon open its super charging network in the UK, or in the next few weeks or months.”
It is reported that there are currently about 800 super charging piles in the UK market. Electric vehicle sales in the UK will rise sharply in 2021, with 11.6% of new cars sold in the UK in 2021, and 12.5% of new cars sold in January this year.
In its total sales, Tesla Model 3 models account for a considerable proportion. Therefore, the British government negotiated with Tesla, hoping to use Tesla’s fast charging station network SuperCharger and charging software system to open For owners of other electric vehicle brands, when the charging convenience and bases increase, people will be more willing to buy pure electric vehicles, thereby accelerating the development of the electric vehicle market.
Tesla has said that in order to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, they will gradually open more regions and countries to supercharge stations. There are currently 3 regions that have been opened or tested: the Netherlands, Norway, and France. It is reported that at these open supercharging stations, the price of charging Tesla cars will be lower than that of other brands of cars.
Over the past year, Tesla has been gradually opening up its supercharging sites to other automakers. In November last year, Tesla officially announced that it “has started a pilot (in the Netherlands) to open Tesla Supercharger stations to other brands of electric vehicles.” According to the screenshots and data shared by overseas netizens on the Internet, the Tesla V2 supercharger (150 kW) was opened at that time, and the actual power varies from car to car.
Recently, according to the latest news, Tesla opened its new V3 super charging station in a French supermarket (E.Leclerc Beaune), with a total of 28 piles. It is reported that this is one of the few supercharging stations in France that is “open not only to Tesla owners, but all electric car owners”, and it is also part of Tesla’s pilot project to open the supercharging station network.
It is worth mentioning that Tesla’s performance in overseas markets around the world is still unabated. According to statistics, in the French market, sales in the first quarter of 2022 surpassed that of traditional fuel vehicles for the first time. Among them, the Tesla Model 3 model ranked first in the number of electric vehicle registrations in France.
In the Norwegian market, in the first quarter of 2022, Tesla accounted for more than 18% of the electric vehicle market share with just two models.
In fact, as early as 2015, Musk emphasized that “Tesla has no plans to monopolize the supercharging network.” Know that access to an extensive, convenient, and reliable fast-charging network is critical to the mass adoption of electric vehicles. In the domestic market, the Tesla Supercharger network is also expanding. According to the latest official news, Tesla has opened more than 1,100 super-charging stations in mainland China, with over 8,300 super-charging piles and over 1,800 destination charging piles.
