The Chinese language non-Tesla electrical car pilot program launched in April and now it is going full-scale with tons of of websites obtainable to different EVs.
In keeping with Tesla’s Weibo publish, the variety of Supercharging websites obtainable to non-Tesla EVs elevated to over 350 (in comparison with simply 10 in April), whereas the variety of vacation spot charging websites elevated to over 260 (up from 25-37 within the earlier months).
That is nonetheless solely a fraction of the overall variety of greater than 1,800 Supercharging websites (over 11,000 particular person stalls) and greater than 700 vacation spot charging stations (over 2,000 factors), nevertheless it’s a considerable enhance.
The factor that makes the opening of the community comparatively straightforward is that every one EVs in China are suitable with the native GB/T requirements (two charging inlets with one for AC and one for DC). Whereas Tesla and non-Tesla EVs use the identical plug, there nonetheless may be a difficulty with the V3 charging cable being too brief for some EVs.
In keeping with CnEVPost, costs at Tesla Superchargers are dynamic and fluctuate from website to website. Moreover, they’re barely greater within the case of non-Tesla EVs (identical to in Europe), which is defined by a better value to accommodate different EVs (entry is feasible by the Tesla App).
It is value noting that not all fashions are allowed to make use of Superchargers (solely 38 vehicles from 30 manufacturers), however this quantity is predicted to steadily enhance.
Probably the most fascinating issues is that the Tesla Supercharging community is changing into very engaging to different manufacturers.
We lately reported in regards to the settlement between Tesla and the SAIC-GM three way partnership (between SAIC and Common Motors), which won’t solely allow all SAIC-GM electrical vehicles to entry the Superchargers but additionally to combine the community into the on-board navigation system and apps.
Extra lately, an analogous settlement was introduced additionally by Polestar (through CnEVPost), which is engaged in constructing its personal charging community too (it at the moment operates 60 stations). Via numerous roaming partnerships, Polestar EVs have entry to greater than 550,000 third-party charging factors in China.