Tesla Plans to Let Other EVs Use US Supercharger Stations This Year
Tesla plans to let electric vehicles made by other companies recharge at Supercharger stations in the US starting later this year.
"Later this year," the White House says, "Tesla will begin production of new Supercharger equipment that will enable non-Tesla EV drivers in North America to use Tesla Superchargers."
The news was revealed in a fact sheet(Opens in a new window) about EV charging published by the White House on June 28. It appears to have gone unnoticed until InsideEVs reported(Opens in a new window) on the plans yesterday. That may seem odd, but the Biden administration has a rather chilly(Opens in a new window) relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Musk said(Opens in a new window) in May that non-Tesla charging will come to Supercharger stations in the US, though he didn't provide a timeline. There's one wrinkle: Superchargers in the US rely on proprietary connectors. So "we will be adding the rest of the industry connector as an option to Superchargers in the US," Musk said at the FT Future of Cars Conference.
In November, Tesla opened a pilot in the Netherlands that allowed third-party electric vehicles to recharge at Supercharger stations. It has since expanded(Opens in a new window) to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
A recent proposal from the administration, meanwhile, would require chargers funded through last year’s infrastructure law to support DC fast charging via standard CCS connectors.
Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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