Tesla’s developing network of Superchargers – their
proprietary, free, fast charging stations – now features its first
Coast-to-Coast route! Tesla owners
can now get quick recharges at convenient stopping points (rest areas,
restaurants, etc.) that will enable them to travel from New York to LA (as well
as up and down both coasts) with minimal inconvenience (story here). Tesla announced their national network
less than a years ago (my story here), so they appear to be on track to cover
80 percent of the US in 2014.
Supercharger stations are already evolving from minimal
parking-space-and-connector locations (like the Milford CT site shown below,
one of the earliest) to incorporate solar power canopies and (soon) even faster
chargers.
Once again, Tesla is breaking the trail, and we can only
hope that the “Tesla effect” will inspire other private-sector actors – as well
as public agencies – to pick up the pace.
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