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Supercharger Revenue
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I'm trying to use non Tesla chargers on vacation at the moment. Very trying... This market is Tesla's to lose.Heh.
And this is a shot across the bow of the competing charging networks.
Competing networks: "Hey! Government Largess! Let's Jack Up The Price To The Moon and Make Big Profits for the C-Suite People! (We couldn't actually give two farts about actually providing real charging services.. It's All About The Greed." Think: United Launch Alliance.
Tesla, with their avowed crusade to Save The World from CO2: "You gonna do that, we're going to put out realistic bids with realistic money. And we'll have many, many more chargers than your bid, more reliable, and at less cost. Customers (i.e., the various States) will be falling all over themselves to get us into their locations. And, for fun, unless You Change Your Ways, We'll Drive You Bankrupt. Think we're kidding? Try us."
Don't forget: All those other states will see Maine's numbers, too.
This is a continuation of the Tesla, "We're not kidding, we're coming with cheap, non-compliance BEVs that are usable. It's not a bluff. Don't follow up and build BEVs yourselves? We'll eat your lunch." general approach.
Remember when Musk said that, pretty much, he didn't care if Tesla went under if the end result was BEVs everywhere? This is more of that.
It's a great time to be alive.
navguy12
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I’m leaving a week today on a vacation for 17 days and will only use the Superchargers (and the 110 outlets at the cottages we stay at).
Honestly, they can only get away with that in Taiwan (and I mean that in a good way),, in USA, and even possibly in Europe someone would ram their coal roller into that little puny kiosk stand in a New Orleans minute.. sadly.
navguy12
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Halfway thru our Maritimes trip; superchargers have been flawless. No worries, no complaints.
No, I would not. It is bad enough that a number of OEMs partnered to build their own charging network, but it seems that Hyundai is going it alone. (They are building their own network and have yet to adopt NACS.)
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
The way to do it is to lease out retail/food to other companies. Come for the charging, spend more on food.
Good article on how Tesla is winning the highest number of federal grants for the charging network. Some good quotes on how Tesla is 20-70% lower in cost. Sorry behind a paywall.
Tesla Leads Race to Draw Federal Money for Charging Networks
Elon Musk’s company is beating out rivals to win millions of dollars in federal grant awardswww.wsj.com
Back of the napkin math - If it costs ~$15 / charge and being utilized 20 times a day, then each supercharger stall generates ~$110k a year in revenue. Right?
navguy12
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Finished our 4,250 km Maritimes trip. Long haul trips averaged 100 kph chock to chock (with normal cruising at ~120 kph).
Flawless Supercharger system.
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