Tesla stated Monday that non-Tesla house owners can cost their electrical automobiles in any respect Supercharger stations within the Netherlands.
The announcement marks an enlargement of a pilot program that kicked off in November 2021 with 10 stations. CEO Elon Musk had initially expressed curiosity in opening up the Supercharger community to different EVs in the summertime of the identical 12 months.
Not like different automakers, Tesla operates an expansive proprietary community that has beforehand prevented EVs from different automakers from utilizing the chargers. The community, which Tesla started constructing in 2012, now numbers 30,000 Supercharging stations globally.
The corporate’s pilot program lets non-Tesla EV drivers within the Netherlands and a few stations in different European international locations, together with France and Norway, Belgium cost their vehicles by way of the Tesla app – the automaker has not but built-in its stations with different EV station collators like PlugShare.
Tesla makes use of a proprietary plug that solely matches into Tesla automobiles, so non-Tesla automobiles would possibly want an adapter to attach. Tesla didn’t DailyTech with clarification in time.
Tesla stated it’s beginning with a choose variety of websites so it could possibly “overview the expertise, monitor congestion and assess suggestions earlier than increasing.” Future websites will solely be opened to non-Tesla automobiles if there’s accessible capability.
The Netherlands has the most important variety of EV charging stations in Europe, with 75,000 stations, which supplies Tesla a aggressive playground to additional take a look at this pilot. Tesla has 33 stations within the Netherlands, with 18 new stations “coming quickly,” in accordance with Tesla’s web site.