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by nsteel 890 days ago
Rubbish.

> The stations are primarily deployed in three regions: Asia Pacific (over 2,000), North America (over 2,000), and Europe (over 1,000).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Supercharger

Some supercharger stations also work with other cars. I used them over Christmas with my Kia. Surprisingly they were faster and cheaper than anything else in the area.
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baud147258 890 days ago
1000 stations is nothing. Like there's more than 10000 gas stations in France alone, with just a fraction of a 1000 you won't get anywhere (or at least nowhere near as easily as with an ICE).
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DoesntMatter22 890 days ago
You can still get anywhere you need to go with them and they are adding more locations all the time
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brnt 890 days ago
Those in Europese arent what they are in the US, they're just, of ten individuap, stations with the common plug, just like the other ones.
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nsteel 890 days ago
What are they like the in the US? I've searched and on the face of it they look just like the ones I used in the UK with two types of connector (like in the picture at https://thedriven.io/2022/02/27/where-can-you-charge-a-tesla...)
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andoma 890 days ago
Correct. I've lived both in US (Cali) and EU (Sweden) with a Tesla. And apart from that's is a different plug there's virtually no difference at all. 250kW DC charging. No problems.
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brnt 890 days ago
Here in NL they are few and far between. It's a diverse market, with dozens of companies (hence the hassle with cards). And still nowhere near the coverage of gas of course.

I'm sure they are the best, those Tesla stations, you're just gonna have to go out of your way for them, around here at least. Hope you got the right card. Or your leasing company. Or your car rental. Etc.

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