Tesla celebrates 10 years of Supercharging with the first station on the market in September 2012 with the launch of the Tesla Model S
Supercharging at 90 kW, and then up to 120 kW opens the possibility of using electric vehicles for long-distance trips.
At first, Tesla introduced some completely new concepts mainly to encourage customers to buy the Model S.
Tesla uses its proprietary ultra-compact connector for normal AC charging, and fast DC charging, while at the time, the DC-only CHAdeMO was a separate thing from the SAE J1772’s AC connector. At that time, CCS was not yet available.
In 2012, other manufacturers were still largely ignoring BEVs. Let alone thinking about charging infrastructure, car manufacturers seem to want to focus on vehicles and let other parties such as governments, fuel stations and operators build charging infrastructure.
After 10 years the Tesla Supercharging network has around 39,000 kiosks at around 4,300 stations in 46 countries around the world. Recent data says that Tesla creates a new station for every 1,000+ cars it sells.
The Tesla Supercharging network has provided enough energy to propel Tesla cars for about 20 billion miles (32 billion km). In Europe, Tesla Supercharging has been tested for non-Tesla vehicles at select stations in 14 countries.
In the near future, with the production of the first Tesla Semi electric truck approaching, the company is expected to repeat its approach with the Tesla Megacharging network for electric trucks.
10 years of Supercharging.
46 countries.
35k+ stalls.
20 billion miles charged.🚘⚡️ pic.twitter.com/m3H2Hry719
— Tesla (@Tesla) October 20, 2022
