Non-Tesla Supercharging Pilot Program Approaching 20 Countries

It has been fairly a while since we final time heard concerning the Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program enlargement to new markets.

We just lately visited Tesla‘s web site and it turned out that at the moment, non-Tesla electrical autos can use a few of Tesla Superchargers in almost 20 international locations.

The newest addition is Turkey, which joined because the nineteenth nation. Nevertheless, there are solely 4 Supercharging websites accessible for non-Tesla autos in Turkey. For reference, in 15 European international locations, Tesla already opened a whole bunch of websites.

In Europe, Australia, and Turkey, issues are comparatively simple as a result of Tesla makes use of the identical charging connector – CCS2 – as the remainder of the EV business. Equally in China, the place there may be the GB/T normal. However in North America, the opening of Superchargers to non-Tesla EVs requires an adapter from NACS to CCS1.

The progress within the US is quite gradual, as simply over ten stations had been geared up with the Magic Dock built-in CCS1 adapters, since March 2023. We guess that there’s a proof for that – like the transition from the CCS1 charging connector to NACS, introduced by main EV producers.

Tesla may nonetheless proceed to put in Magic Docks on new charging stalls in North America (Canada is predicted to hitch in 2023), which might open the door for public funds within the Nationwide Electrical Automobile Infrastructure Formulation Program (NEVI), however we guess that there’s little to no incentive for the corporate to retrofit older chargers with the Magic Dock. In a number of years, new non-Tesla EVs shall be NACS-compatible anyway.

One more reason why issues usually are not transferring quicker within the US is likely to be an intention to speed up the installations, as soon as the brand new V4 Superchargers will arrive (the primary ones are already put in in Europe). The V4 is provided with an extended cable, which is essential to deal with non-Tesla EVs (charging inlets situated in varied locations).

The Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program consists of:

• Europe (15 countries) – France, the Netherlands, Norway, UK, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Italy[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard]Moreover, to handle various EVs, new V4 stations are equipped with a longer cable
• Australia[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard]
• Canada – coming in 2023[Magic Dock built-in CCS1 adapter]
• Mainland China[Native compatibility with the local GB/T standards]
• Turkey[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard]
• the United States [Magic Dock built-in CCS1 adapter]