Alejandro Zuboff - Twitter 26 December 2018 said:
Any plans to build charging stations in Texas in 2019 ? (San Antonio / Austin in particular) The map shows there are several planned, but 2018 is over and none of those were built (and yes, I know there are notes for each that schedule might slip.)
Elon Musk - Twitter 26 December 2018 said:
Definitely. All major highways in Texas will have Superchargers, all the way to Brownsville & across Mexico.
One quarter down and Texas (not a big state population wise or anything...) now has
fewer supercharger stations than it started the year with, thanks to the closure in Ft. Worth.
Live in a Austin, Dallas, San Antonio or Houston and want to go pick your kids up from college in Lubbock or College Station with all of their stuff in your Model X or S this spring, nope, no superchargers there.
Not to mention wanting a quick charge in Austin after picking up the kids, there's a line with your name on it.
Coming in to San Antonio from Mexico or Houston and want to come in and then head back home, nope, no superchargers there.
Making a road trip to New Orleans for a festival or long weekend, nope, no supercharger there either (Slidell is close though).
Taking a weekend trip up to Fredericksburg to go try some wine this spring, nope, no superchargers there.
Using your car in camper mode to go to Big Bend National park, nope, no supercharger even planned near there.
Driving from Austin to Houston in your brand new base Model 3, better learn to hyper-mill or slow down and turn off the AC this summer because there's no supercharger in between (Brenham).
This coming from a company that keeps wanting to make inroads in to Texas, but yet puts no new investment in the state and then assumes the local owners will show up to push for legislative changes that positively effect the company.
Don't get me wrong, I really want to see Tesla do well and succeed, but come on Tesla, 11 new superchargers in 3 months in California, and -1 in Texas doesn't give the people here a lot to get behind.