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by toomuchtodo 3455 days ago
Not at all. Musk has said there are other carmakers using their patents; great! That doesn't mean they're building out charging networks globally.

Tesla is a member of the new CCS fast charging consortium (which supersedes the current "fast" charging CHAdeMO standard) [1], but they're the only ones still building out their manufacturer charging system network.

[1] https://longtailpipe.com/2016/04/18/tesla-joins-150-kw-ccs-f...