Discuss: Tesla Begins Selling Superchargers to Businesses, Letting Them Brand and Keep Supercharger Revenue

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Tesla is now selling Superchargers directly to businesses with a 97% uptime guarantee. A look at the full-service package and the tech that makes it possible.… Read More

Tesla Begins Selling Superchargers to Businesses, Letting Them Brand and Keep Supercharger Revenue

Tesla is now selling Superchargers directly to businesses with a 97% uptime guarantee. A look at the full-service package and the tech that makes it possible.

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[PrescottAZRichard]

That's great, but have they been doing this on a small scale already? I thought they did but I could be wrong.
Seeing the disparity in costs for this kind of charging infrastructure this should be a win / win for all of us- the providers, EV owners and Tesla. Assuming they don't charge Rivian like rates! I saw 61¢/kwh in Sedona at the Rivian pedestals where the (slower but more plentiful) Tesla chargers were 43¢. That's quite the disparity but maybe there's Rivian electrons with Techtron or something.

 

[ALIEN SUPERSTAR]

That's great, but have they been doing this on a small scale already? I thought they did but I could be wrong.
Seeing the disparity in costs for this kind of charging infrastructure this should be a win / win for all of us- the providers, EV owners and Tesla. Assuming they don't charge Rivian like rates! I saw 61¢/kwh in Sedona at the Rivian pedestals where the (slower but more plentiful) Tesla chargers were 43¢. That's quite the disparity but maybe there's Rivian electrons with Techtron or something.

yeah i think you’re right, tesla did let people host superchargers before, but the catch was you couldn’t brand them or keep any of the revenue. this new thing is different because now businesses can actually buy the hardware, run it under their own name, and pocket the charging fees. basically you were just a location before.

 

[ALIEN SUPERSTAR]

i’m honestly super excited about this. i really think it’ll benefit businesses, because whenever i book a hotel the first thing i check for is wall connectors — and 90% of the time i’ll pick the one that has them. even at my gym they decided to put in 10 wall connectors (mostly because i kept bugging them ) but also because at least 40% of people there have a tesla or some kind of ev (surprisingly a lot of cybertrucks). they ended up adding even more because they were always in use. same thing at the hospital where i work — we’ve got some super old chargepoint stations and now they’re talking about upgrading since so many employees are driving evs. i’m definitely trying to throw tesla’s hat in the ring for that one.

 

[Procal]

i’m honestly super excited about this. i really think it’ll benefit businesses, because whenever i book a hotel the first thing i check for is wall connectors — and 90% of the time i’ll pick the one that has them. even at my gym they decided to put in 10 wall connectors (mostly because i kept bugging them ) but also because at least 40% of people there have a tesla or some kind of ev (surprisingly a lot of cybertrucks). they ended up adding even more because they were always in use. same thing at the hospital where i work — we’ve got some super old chargepoint stations and now they’re talking about upgrading since so many employees are driving evs. i’m definitely trying to throw tesla’s hat in the ring for that one.

Exactly. Anything that adds more chargers to more niche locations is a net benefit to everyone. The one thing that bothers me the most about the Tesla supercharging network is how sparse it can be in certain areas. For example, near me there are about 4 supercharger locations, but all of them are relatively small (usually less than 10 stalls). This means that they almost always have a wait time, and because they are located near very dense populations or near highways. It also means that I have to drive at least 15 minutes or more to get to one, to then wait another few minutes to charge. And then there is this massive 20 mile area of a city that has no superchargers at all, because they are all located near highways. If this becomes more prevalent, then it will hopefully mean that there will be more superchargers in more areas that currently don't have any superchargers at all. What I somewhat don't want to see is what we see now with gas stations. Where there will sometimes be up to 3 gas stations in one corner. I understand this is great for competition and pricing, but I feel this would also quickly devolve into a worse charging experience with lower upkeep to keep prices low.