The primary Tesla Supercharging station in Canada was geared up with built-in CCS1 adapters (also called the Magic Dock), which permits recharging of non-Tesla EVs.
The information was delivered to us by Pierre Roberge (@roberge_p / X), who shared pictures of the Supercharging stalls in Deep River in Northern Ontario. In keeping with the report, the station has six stalls (not eight, as mistakenly written within the tweet). Tesla technicians had been testing the Magic Dock charging with a Polestar 2 to be sure that every thing labored correctly.
Pierre Roberge says that one other web site for the non-Tesla Supercharging pilot program shall be in North Bay.
Canada has not been listed by Tesla on the non-Tesla Supercharging’s FAQ web page, and the location just isn’t but displayed on the map with non-Tesla Superchargers, however we guess that it is solely a matter of time earlier than it will get listed.
In Could, the Authorities of Canada supplied an replace that by the tip of 2025, about 750 “charging connectors” (particular person stalls) ought to be prepared for non-Tesla EVs.
Along with Canada, the non-Tesla pilot is now progressing in 20 international locations:
Europe (15 international locations) – France, the Netherlands, Norway, UK, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Italy[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard]Moreover, to deal with numerous EVs, new V4 stations are geared up with an extended cable Australia[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard] Canada[Magic Dock built-in CCS1 adapter] Mainland China[Native compatibility with the local GB/T standards] Turkey[Native compatibility with the CCS2 standard] the US [Magic Dock built-in CCS1 adapter]
Tesla has lately made a number of changes to its Supercharging community in Canada. In early August, the corporate switched to a kilowatt-hour billing system (as a substitute of time of charging) throughout the nation.
Such a system is taken into account a a lot better answer and has been steadily utilized by numerous charging networks every time doable (it requires authorities approval to promote electrical energy like a utility firm does).
One other change was new charges for Supercharging and the introduction of off-peak hours. Costs would possibly change dynamically relying on time and explicit station.
In keeping with Drive Tesla Canada, the fee to cost on the Richmond Supercharger on Steveston Hwy in BC (all costs in CAD):
off-peak hours between 12:00am and 4:00am: $0.10/kWh 4:00am and a pair of:00pm: $0.27/kWh peak hours of two:00pm to 12:00am: $0.34/kWh
Another stations might need 4 time home windows, which permits the websites to distinguish costs in an effort to encourage clients to think about charging when the websites are much less occupied and extra inexpensive.
In Ontario, electrical energy costs are a lot greater, as much as $0.60/kWh (CAD) in peak hours.