I would agree that there would only be a modest amount of congestion “at this time”.
But BEVs will be flooding the market over the next few years, and that will be short-lived. Can they expand the network quick enough, while maintaining the same level of performance, reliability, etc? Maybe, but remember that everything is not within their control. There will be substantial power needs, leaving them at the mercy of the power utilities. The slowness and lack of responsiveness of the utilities in California have been a big issue in trying to deploy the technology. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:00 AM, Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > >> On 2/12/22 10:39 AM, Steves via EV wrote: >> Tesla has the infrastructure there already. Why not piggyback onto their >> network. Pay Tesla to add a few chargers for other cars at each of their >> stations. Be relatively cheap that way. And yes it’s promoting a charging >> monopoly, but they do have a great system. > > The SuperCharger network TOWERS over the competition in all ways you can > think of: siting, maintenance, reliability, ease of billing/payment, charge > speed, pervasiveness. > > IMHO, Tesla is waiting for congress to specify exactly how Tesla would > benefit from opening the network. Most likely, "opening" will be via > adapters rather than additional cables. Many Tesla drivers fear congestion > should the SC network be opened. That view is offset by the fact that Tesla > is, by far, the best selling EV. That is, opening the network will have > trigger only a modest amount of congestion at this time. The infusion of > cash from additional charging sales would enable Tesla to greatly expand the > SC network. Tesla has a great reputation for putting SCs where they are > needed and for increasing the capacity of SCs with big demands. > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
