Tesla, still riding a wave of successes including paying off
its government loans and passing $100 a share on the stock market, has
announced a major expansion of its “Supercharger” fast charging network
(details here).
New Superchargers will open soon, and by a year from now 80%
of the country will be within the coverage area of one. And the next generation of
Superchargers will be even faster than the existing ones, essentially “filling
up” a car in 20 minutes. What this
means is that Tesla drivers will be free to travel the nation freely, just like
drivers of gasoline-powered cars.
Oh, and by the way, Elon Musk says that Supercharger electricity will be
free to Tesla owners “forever.”
I have no idea whether Tesla’s business model will
work. But I do know that they are
still very much the leader in electric vehicles and one of the few operations
in this country that really looks like a 21st century enterprise.
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