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by theguycalledtom 4217 days ago
> supercharger network is still proprietary

Tesla opened up their patents but I doubt current non-Tesla electric cars can actually be charged by them without over-heating.

I also doubt they will just let anyone use their superchargers because they are currently paying the power bill... but you'd have to be on the pay from some dubious source to turn this fact into anti-tesla spin.

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There is a local company where I live that is making chargers that will work on anything from Tesla to Leaf's

http://www.zaptec.com/home/zapcharger/

> I also doubt they will just let anyone use their superchargers because they are currently paying the power bill

Yup, Tesla would love for other companies to use and pay for their superchargers.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184141-tesla-reveals-plan...