Elon tweeted the following today:
Is he telling the truth, lying through his teeth or just exaggerating? Let's look at the Superchargers that Tesla had announced that were to open in 2017 in Ontario. By my account there were 20. Of these four were opened in 2017. Nine more opened in 2018. (My 2017/8 split may be off by one or two as Etobicoke may have opened right at the end of 2017) Seven more still have not opened and are unlikely to open in 2018 - these are the two in Mississauga, North York, St Cath, Vaughan, Renfrew and North Bay.
And then there were a whole bunch more that were suppossed to open in 2018, like these. I don't beleive any of these are open or have even been started yet.
Strathroy
Kitchener
Orangeville
Toronto - Liberty Village
Toronto - Yonge & Eg
Toronto - Annex
Scabrorough
Orillia
North Bay
Deep River
Brockville
And then there were 13 more on the Trans Canada route from Sudbury to Winnipeg. Have any of those even been permitted yet.
And this is only Ontari, ari, ari, O.
So why should we believe him this time?
Everyone in the works knows he exaggerates, just like jobs etc.
You're complaining that you got "only" 13 of 20 promised?
Wow I'm still waiting for the last Nav by autopilot off ramp changes that were "All of North America" that somehow missed Canada .
Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley got 1, yes ONE, if we are calling a super charger a station with 6-20 charge bays.
Just be happy that you got anything at all. I asked when buying model S, can I get a ball cap ? You would think when selling a 150k vehicle they would want you to advertiaimg
it when not driving it.
Nope.
Yet hyundia gave me:
1) a plush blanket royal blue with fur on one side ,
2) a toolkit,
3) spare tire.
4) security log for cheap alloy wheels
I'm not sure that I got anything like what I received with a $20,000 car.
Tesla 21 inch wheels and the copper tires were what $7k ? No locking security lug.
They won't even give you a $5 ball cap. Unless you want to pay thier ridiculous markup.
We should give up expecting anything from Tesla. If Tesla motors was a human being they would be a Gold Digger.
They should be focusing on allowing us to drive cost to coast east to west then north from south. Over our entire country.
Also should be focusing on integrating other paid charger nerwork options into the touch panel. So we can see our options in nav planner .
Please don't be offended fan boys . I spent 150k plus 15% tax. That's my experience so far.