http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/tesla-speeds-free-nationwide-charging-network-20-minute-183456360.html [image] Tesla speeds up free nationwide charging network, 20-minute quick repower By Justin Hyde [2013-05-30] via Motoramic
[image http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/autos/2013-05-30/601489e6-6939-45e8-901f-62afa46b7b43_1qoxj.gif animated gif - N. American Tesla EVSE map ] If there's one nut left uncracked by Tesla Motors, it's the inherent range limits of electric vehicles. The Model S sedan can travel about 270 miles on a full charge, but the combination of lack of high-power vehicle plug-in stations and lengthy charging times keeps the Model S from being of use for a classic American road trip. Today, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk revealed the company would speed the expansion of its free Supercharger network to make a coast-to-coast journey viable within two years — and a new charging system that would drastically shorten how long Model S sedan owners would have to wait for juice. As the graphic above shows, Tesla says that starting from the few sites mostly along the East and West Coast today, it will triple its Supercharger locations by the end of the month. Within six months, it will expand to most of the upper Midwest and Canada; and before the next 12 months will have an intercontinental network of Superchargers that Musk said should cover 80 percent to 90 percent of the U.S. population. Within two years, Tesla will aim for full coverage, with more than 200 Supercharger stations. Tesla vows that its owners can use the Superchargers for free, for life; the chargers only work with Teslas, and can handle between four and 10 cars at a time. While a full recharge at the Supercharger currently takes more than 40 minutes, Musk said Tesla would soon deploy a higher-power charging option that would restore three hours of driving time in 20 minutes, using a 120-kW charge — about 60 times more energy than a typical house uses in a day — while not harming the Model S battery packs. Over time, Musk says he plans for the Superchargers to be powered mostly by solar panels, with large battery packs in the chargers that store spare energy and recharge vehicles. "These stations will operate even if the entire national grid goes down," Musk said. "Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system." For the past few weeks, everything's been coming up Milhouse for Tesla and Musk; it made its first quarterly profit, saw its stock rise to more than $100 per share and paid off its $465 million U.S. loan nine years early. Yet Tesla still has a long road ahead; at a current run rate of 20,000 luxury sedans a year, it's a mouse among giants in the auto industry. Tesla's first SUV, the Model X, isn't due until late 2014, but Musk has already said the company will follow with a cheaper, smaller electric car in three to four years — which, he said today, would also use the Supercharger network for free. As one wait ends, another begins. [© 2013 Motoramic] [© 2013 Yahoo!] http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/05/30/teslas-walled-garden-of-charging-stations/ Tesla's Walled Garden of Charging Stations By Cassandra Sweet May 30, 2013 Ltd.'s popular all-electric Leaf car– the electric vehicle of choice for the middle ... to greater public adoption of electric vehicles is a dearth of quick-charge public ... [video http://vimeo.com/66853584 Supercharger Announcement from Tesla Motors PRO 1 week ago not yet rated Tesla announces a significant expansion of the Supercharger network. Supercharging enables Tesla Model S drivers to travel long distances, for free, indefinitely. In addition to the expansion of the Supercharger network itself, Tesla has improved the technology behind the Superchargers to significantly speed up the amount of time it takes to charge Model S, in some cases cutting charging time in half ... teslamotors.com ] [©2013 Dow Jones] http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/5/30/tesla_motors_to_expand_network_of.htm Tesla Motors to Expand Network of Superchargers 2013/5/30 Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced that the electric-car company is expanding its network of "Supercharging" stations across the country, so that ... http://skift.com/2013/05/30/teslas-new-electric-car-charging-expansion-to-allow-coast-to-coast-travel/ Tesla’s new electric car charging expansion to allow coast to coast travel by Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News May 30, 2013 Peter Spirgel, an attorney with Flaster/Greenberg, drives his new electric car, a Tesla Model S performance model near the law firm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, ... http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Tesla-to-Add-Electric-Car-Charging-for-4562243.php Tesla to Add Electric-Car Charging for Coast-to-Coast Travel by Douglas MacMillan and Alan Ohnsman May 30 2013 ©2013 Bloomberg News -- Tesla Motors Inc.'s Elon Musk is expanding a network of fast-charging stations, letting owners of his luxury electric cars drive ... Tesla to triple supercharger stations for coast-to-coast car trips by Rory Carroll 30 May 2013 Chief executive Elon Musk says company will have the stations in most cities in the US and Canada by the end of the year The electric car maker Tesla plans to swiftly multiply its supercharger stations across the US so drivers can travel coast to coast without worrying about losing ... 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