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Tesla Supercharger is an illegal monopoly
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And AT&T is preventing AT&T customers from using Verizon cell towers.
That does not make them a monopoly.
$300 is not a barrier. It is simply the cost for the adapter that is available. If you cant afford a $300 adapter that will allow you to charge at a CCS station then I would suggest you sell your Tesla
Clearly, you don't know much about the wireless industry.
Vell towers are often owned by third parties who sell services to wireless carriers.
These cell towers often serve customers from more than one wireless carrier.
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You can also call a Tesla service center and then go in and pick one up. I have a friend with a 2018 M3 who picked up a new ECU, then installed the new ECU and ordered a CCS adapter, and has been charging on CCS charging stations during his recent road trip.
Several issues with these statements, but I'll focus on monopoly and won't bother with the rest of the nonsense other than to remind you it's a free market.
The word you're looking for is "proprietary" and not "monopoly". Even if Tesla Superchargers did constitute a market monopoly (they don't), it wouldn't be illegal unless it's abused, and that's not happening either. Monopolies can form naturally over time. Utilities are an example.
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Tesla is not even a monopoly on BEV sales. They have somewhere between 50-70% of the current market share in the US, but every projection has their market share decreasing, some to as little as 10% of the market in the next 4 years. That's definitely not a monopoly.
Then there's the issue that he stated that Tesla "prevents Tesla drivers (who are the majority of BEV drivers) from fast charging elsewhere other than the Supercharger". Which is also not true. They've had a CHAdeMO adapter available for years, and their newest vehicles have CCS protocol support in the charge port ECU. And new charge port ECUs and CCS adapters are available to those who really want to get them. They'll even sell you a CCS-enabled charge port ECU at an official Tesla service center, through official channels, RIGHT NOW. That doesn't sound like a company that is actively trying to prevent drivers from fast charging at places other than the superchargers.
How does tesla deny the ability for fast charging? You can access any of the standard chargers out there with the included adaptor or buy the tesla made chademo adaptor.
Tesla pioneered the fast charge connectors when none existed and offered to supply the technology to any company asking. Hardly a monopoly
Tesla has ~75% of the market share of BEVs: that's a monopoly.
Now, it is not illegal to be a monopoly, but it is illegal to abuse a monopoly.
Making it difficult for Tesla drivers to fast charge elsewhere other than the Supercharger is abusing a monopoly.
In a "free market", Tesla drivers would be free to fast charge anywhere they want (assuming that there are public fast chargers available).
They are not and it is not. A friend of mine got both a charge port ECU and CCS adapter for his 2018 M3.
They are free to charge anywhere they want, with the appropriate charge port ECU and adapter. If you really want them, they're not too hard to get, and the former is even available through official channels. The OEM version of the latter is not necessary to charge anywhere.
BTW, if Tesla is bad, isn't Chevy even worse? Fast charging was a paid option on the Bolt. Some Bolt EVs do not even have fast charging capabilities.
Tesla doesn't sell the CHAdeMO adapter anymore in North America and it is limited to 50 kW, providing a sub-par experience.
Tesla also doesn't sell the CCS1 adapter in North America.
Then there are third part CCS1 adapters that may be unsafe to use.
The FTC's website gives an example of monopolization: Microsoft making it hard to use browsers other than Internet Explorer with Windows.
In the same way, Tesla is making it hard to use fast chargers other than Supercharger with Tesla vehicles.
Microsoft didn't make it hard to use browsers other than IE with Windows. Ever. The issue there was bundling.
If Tesla includes the CCS1 adapter with every North America Tesla vehicle, there wouldn't be a problem, but Tesla doesn't
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