'Non-Tesla EVs May Finally Get Tesla Supercharger Access'
% Makes sense with 200+mi EVs as the new norm, also opens a new market to sell the (client/EV-side) superEVSE hardware> more EVjobs % 'Musk sez VW diesel ice cheating is bad ... proves limits of ice' http://gas2.org/2015/09/26/tesla-may-share-superchargers-manufacturers/ Tesla May Share Superchargers With Other Manufacturers September 26th, 2015 by Nicholas Brown [videos https://youtu.be/iGF_TCYE_rY Watched On Breakfast With Elon Musk https://youtu.be/C6B6AP86Zt8 "Wirtschaft für Morgen" - Sigmar Gabriel im Gespräch m ] Electric cars would be more attractive to prospective buyers if charging stations were more ubiquitous, and Tesla understands that, hence its construction of the Supercharger network. The Superchargers, which charge way faster than other chargers, are for Tesla cars. However, Tesla has said it is open to the idea of sharing the Superchargers with cars of other brands. Now, Tesla is in talks with several car manufacturers about sharing the Superchargers. Elon Musk said: “We are actually in talks with some manufacturers doing just that and it will be exciting to share that news.” He also mentioned that it was a European company, but not a German one. The idea of sharing Superchargers raises some questions. For example: Are there enough Superchargers to share with third-party EVs without making Tesla users have to wait much longer? Will there be once a partnership is launched? This is partly dependent on how fast the EVs that use the Superchargers will charge. If they’re like the Tesla Model S line and recharge in well under an hour, that is one thing. If they have smaller batteries and charge much faster, great! If they take hours to charge, they may significantly impede the ability of Tesla users to recharge when needed, which could annoy the living daylights out of Tesla drivers. After all, a major reason for buying Tesla cars is the widely-available Supercharger network. Another issue that could affect the viability of sharing is the driving range of the cars that may be allowed to use the Superchargers. Tesla Model S vehicles don’t need to recharge often due to their 200+ mile range. Many other electric cars achieve half that, and sometimes less. That means they need to recharge more often (if they are being used for trips longer than their driving range, which is uncommon, so that helps). The number of Superchargers installed will determine how big an issue this will be. As of last April, there were 100 of them around the world. That isn’t a huge number compared to the thousands of other electric cars on the road, but they are now already up to 520 — Tesla has been installing about one a week! [© gas2.org] ... https://cleantechnica.com/2015/09/27/some-non-tesla-evs-may-finally-get-tesla-supercharger-access/ Some Non-Tesla EVs May Finally Get Tesla Supercharger Access September 27th, 2015 by Nicholas Brown http://www.dispatchtimes.com/musk-says-diesel-cheating-is-bad-carbon-dioxide-emissions-are-worse/106199/ Musk says diesel cheating is bad, Carbon dioxide emissions are worse by Newsmedia September 27, 2015 ... [VW's diesel cheating] proves the limits of using fossil fuels ... ... http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-vw-scandal-diesel-gasoline-2015-9?IR=T Elon Musk on Volkswagen scandal: 'We've reached the limit of what's possible' with fueled cars Jennifer Welsh Sep. 26, 2015 ... http://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/443053672/how-a-little-lab-in-west-virginia-caught-volkswagens-big-cheat ... Volkswagen was recently brought to its knees [(sent into a tailspin)] when [West Virginia University] scientists discovered the company had installed a device in its diesel [ice] cars to fool emissions tests. [VW's] stock price tanked, its reputation has been damaged and its CEO resigned on [2015/09/23] Wednesday ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_violations ... http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/musk-to-volkswagen-go-electric-or-die/5123 Musk to Volkswagen: Go Electric or Die by Keith Kohl September 29, 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Talks-to-share-superEVSE-w-non-Tesla-Euro-drivers-EVSE-wars-tp4677848.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
