RiverBrick
Active Member
France doesn't have an autobahn with extremely high speed limits. It takes more energy to drive fast therefore you need more superchargers.
Also France has less solar PV than Germany.
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If the source of the energy were important, Quebec (98% hydro and 1% wind) would have more than 1.5 Supercharger sites for 1,000 Model S on the road. (Compare to Michigan with 4 sites for just a bit more than 400 Model S and a mix of coal, natural gas, and nuclear).
Ditto for the autobahn high energy consumption argument (btw, the speed limit of 130 kph in France is often not respected) Today it was a balmy (for Quebec) 20F, but with blizzard conditions. I would like to chart my energy usage at 100 kph in the Winter versus the average on the autobahn. The difference is that a trip from or to a major city like Ottawa to points East of Montreal on days like today cannot be accomplished on the Supercharger network, unless you don't mind waiting at the 2-stall Montreal site.
Yes, the crossroads argument is valid up to a certain point, but there must be other factors at play to see locations every 100 km in every direction when important spots are still missing from the 2014 map in other parts of the World.