Tesla, the North American manufacturer of electric vehicles, inaugurated its last station in the Supercharger network, reaching the 35,000 charging points, which reinforces its status as the largest recharge network in the world. The most recent Superchargers were installed in China, in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 virus is suspected to have been “born”.
Tesla had already announced that it would increase the rate at which it reinforces the network of charging points, especially now that it intends to open it to vehicles of other brands. The manufacturer ended 2020 with 23,277 charging points, spread over 2,564 stations, having grown to around 30,000 in November 2021. Now, on June 10, about six months later, Tesla inaugurated the Supercharger 35,000, that is, put 5,000 more chargers into operation in just six months.
This figure is even more impressive if we compare it with the rival Ionity network – belonging to the BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai/Kia and Volkswagen Groups, as well as Ford and the investor BlackRock -, which inaugurated its first 350 kW charging point in April 2019 2018, but still unable to exceed 1,774 chargers and 416 stations, which gives an average of 4.26 charging points per station.
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The 35,000th supercharger landed today in Wuhan, China.
Tesla has the largest fast charging network in the world.⚡ pic.twitter.com/yayJsUOgZp— Tesla Greater China (@teslacn) June 10, 2022
It is true that Ionity’s network is only European, while Tesla’s is global, but even if we focus exclusively on Superchargers in the Old Continent, Tesla had 6,039 in March 2021, divided into some 600 charging stations, which set up a average a little less than 10 Superchargers per station.
It is still difficult to explain how a small car manufacturer, which did not reach 1 million units/year, manages to build with its own resources a network with 35,000 chargers spread all over the world, of which more than 6,000 are in Europe, while that five of the largest and most profitable groups in the world offer only one network with 1,774 charging points to their customers, exclusively in Europe.
Source: Observadora
