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Until other public charging solutions become widespread, the Supercharger network will continue to be a killer feature for Tesla.

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Several Target stores near me have charging stations now. 7/11 starting to put in some as well. Some companies have put in charging spots for employees. Even our library has 3 charging parking slots.

EV charging stations are a lot less demanding in the form of safety, environmental regulation, and liability compared to fossil fuel fueling. You can put one in any parking lot that has a bit of slack space.

It's not that easy. Have you seen the electrical infrastructure that those need?

We have some spaces with Chargepoint chargers where I work, and they are powered by several electrical boxes that are each about half as big as a parking space. There is some serious juice being pushed through those -- and the Chargepoint chargers are only serving 30-40 amps, which is about the same as a home charger and nowhere near what a Telsa Supercharger delivers.

This kind of stuff is not trivial, or cheap. Tesla spent a lot of money to get their network to where it is.

True but less likely to end up a Superfund site.

the big issue is not in urban areas. + superchargers usually have 10+ stations, bigger ones in nowhere having 20+. Most of the non tesla chargers I've seen in the wild are 3 max

In the US market. In Europe it's far easier to find a CCS charger

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