Not exactly. It was offered to everyone from the beginning and they all decided to spurn it until they didn’t.
They could have come on board earlier if they wanted to.
Now Tesla has put in place the systems to collect payment from people without Teslas. Elon made it happen even without needing the other companies to play along. All you need is an adapter and a Tesla account.
Meantime some auto makers have decided they will finally get smart and put NACS ports directly into their cars in the future.
Could have happened much earlier though. The offer to let any car company use the network if they would do proportionate cost sharing for the buildout was very public and is very well known.
Now it will be individual auto owners who are kicking in payment to help build out the network. Presumably if you drive a non-Tesla your charging rates will be higher to make up for the fact that your car manufacturer is essentially freeloading off the efforts of Tesla and the investments of Tesla’s customers.
They could have come on board earlier if they wanted to.
Now Tesla has put in place the systems to collect payment from people without Teslas. Elon made it happen even without needing the other companies to play along. All you need is an adapter and a Tesla account.
Meantime some auto makers have decided they will finally get smart and put NACS ports directly into their cars in the future.
Could have happened much earlier though. The offer to let any car company use the network if they would do proportionate cost sharing for the buildout was very public and is very well known.
Now it will be individual auto owners who are kicking in payment to help build out the network. Presumably if you drive a non-Tesla your charging rates will be higher to make up for the fact that your car manufacturer is essentially freeloading off the efforts of Tesla and the investments of Tesla’s customers.