Tesla plans 55 new fast charging locations in Germany

This year, Tesla is opening up its “SuperCharger” fast-charging network, which has so far been exclusive to customers. This should have benefited from the rapid spread of red and white pillars. The charging station network is already constantly being expanded – even in Europe. Germany has a particularly large number of new locations planned on the continent.

official one supercharger-ladeverzhichnis The Tesla website has recently expanded to include newly planned locations around the world. Teslamag. Special attention is being paid to fast charging stations in Germany. According to a report by Tesla, 90 German Supercharger stations were available in June. After the new maps on the web, 55 more are to be added – more than 50 percent. For many of them, the opening is planned for this quarter.

Tesla already offers good Supercharger coverage for customers traveling long distances on busy roads in Germany. For some time now it is being used in big cities also. urban fast charger Established. According to Tesla, plans to build northernmost Supercharger station in Kiel in the second quarter of 2022, report Teslamag. Further locations to the north are planned for the third quarter, including City Fast Charger in Hamburg.

Tesla is preparing a new supercharger for next year at Kiefersfelden, in the southern end of Germany. According to the updated map, the company plans to open five new locations in the Rhineland, from Bonn to Düsseldorf. Further expansion preferences are recognizable in the Rhine-Main region and around Stuttgart.

According to Tesla, there are currently 2500 Supercharger stations with over 25,000 charging stations around the world. In Europe, the network has grown from more than 600 stations in 27 countries to more than 6100 quick-charging points, according to the US electric carmaker in June. Tesla’s vice president of propulsion and power engineering recently indicated that opening up the Supercharger network could lead to even more aggressive expansion. Company owner Elon Musk agree on that And noted that the infrastructure needs to be expanded more than ever.

“For the Supercharger network to be useful for other manufacturers’ cars as well, we have to expand the network faster than we can to increase vehicle production, which isn’t easy,” Musk explained. Docking with electric cars from other brands is scheduled for the end of the year Via Existing Tesla App is made possible. It is expected that third-party customers will be charged higher prices than Tesla drivers. For the latter, the charges were recently raised again, now they have to 40 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) to pay. In addition, there is a blocking fee of 1 Euro per minute if you stay for more than five minutes after the charging process is complete.