Elon Musk says Tesla will open its Superchargers to different EVs this 12 months | Engadget

Owners of non-Tesla EVs might be able to use some Superchargers by the top of 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed on Twitter that the corporate is opening up its Supercharger community to different EVs later this 12 months. Musk has lengthy talked about making the community accessible to different electrical automobiles and, as CNBC notes, he talked about late final 12 months that some manufacturers have are already looking for entry to Tesla’s charging stations. Now, we’ve got a greater thought of when which may occur.

Opening up its community to different corporations will not be easy, seeing as Tesla makes use of a proprietary connector in North America. It has to ensure the stations will work throughout manufacturers and that safe software program handshake between a non-Tesla automotive and a Supercharger is feasible. The transition may very well be simpler in Europe the place the automaker already makes use of customary CCS connectors. 

Electrek reported again in June that Tesla is already in talks with authorities in Norway, and that it utilized for incentives to deploy charging stations that shall be accessible even to non-Tesla automobiles “from the third quarter of 2022.” Germany’s minister of transport additionally beforehand revealed that he was in direct contact with Tesla and different corporations to ensure present infrastructure just like the Superchargers are “also opened up to other manufacturers.”

Musk sadly did not elaborate on his tweet, so we have nonetheless but to know which Superchargers shall be accessible by different automobiles first. He did say, nonetheless, that the community will speak in confidence to different manufacturers in all nations the place it is accessible over time.