A Pledge to Make the EV Revolution More Inclusive

Human beings have proven themselves to be a good at an awful lot of things, and yet there is little we do better than growing on a consistent basis. This tendency to improve, no matter the situation, has empowered us to hit upon some huge milestones, with technology emerging as quite a major member of the stated group. The reason why we hold technology in such a high regard is largely predicated upon its skill-set, which realized all the possibilities for us that we couldn’t have imagined otherwise. Nevertheless, if we look beyond the surface for a second, it will become clear how the whole runner was also very much inspired by the way we applied those skills across a real world environment. The latter component, in fact, did a lot to give the creation a spectrum-wide presence, and as a result, start a full-blown tech revolution. Of course, this revolution then went on to scale up the human experience from every conceivable direction, but even after achieving a feat so notable, technology will somehow keep on delivering the right goods. The same has turned more and more evident over the recent past, except Tesla’s latest move might just put that trend on a much higher pedestal moving forward.

As per White House, Tesla has officially started the proceedings to make a minimum of 7,500 charging stations available to all US EVs by 2024. The details indicate that the rollout will include “at least 3,500 new and existing 250 kW Superchargers along highway corridors” and an unspecified number of “Level 2 Destination Charging at locations like hotels and restaurants in urban and rural locations.” These stations are going to be accessible to anyone using the Tesla app or website. Now, while Tesla’s chargers are surely known for being fast and reliable, their exclusivity to Tesla vehicles means their potential has remained largely untapped. To get past this very roadblock, the automotive giant began opening its Superchargers across Europe in 2021. There, it used CCS connectors to facilitate the operation, but given the proprietary nature of the chargers across US, Tesla is expected to leverage CCS adapter for its latest foray.

The development provides an interesting follow-up to a recent report from Reuters. The stated report claimed that, if Tesla doesn’t open its chargers to other automotive brands, it could realistically lose the chance to access all the new charging subsidies that were made available by the Biden administration. In case you haven’t been keeping up, the US government, through its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, earmarked around $7.5 billion in subsidies to turbo-charge EV industry’s growth. This has spelled a record number of charging stations throughout the country, but with Tesla’s bid to become more accommodating coming into play, we can only expect that growth to become even more solid over the near future.

“The number of publicly available charging ports has grown by at least 40%” since Biden took office. Further accelerating the buildout of a convenient, reliable charging network is critically important to make electric vehicle charging a seamless experience,” the White House said.

Apart from entertaining other carmakers, Tesla has also pledged to more than double its full nationwide network of Superchargers, which are currently manufactured in Buffalo, New York.

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