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Tesla Supercharger: Elon Musk wants to open part of the charging station network to the competition - and collect subsidies
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Drivers of electric cars from other brands will soon be able to dock at Tesla charging stations in the USA.
As the US government announced on Wednesday, billionaire Elon Musk's company agreed to make at least 7,500 charging stations available for vehicles from other manufacturers by the end of 2024.
Tesla drivers in the USA can currently use the charging stations of other providers with the help of an adapter.
The other way around, this is not yet possible.
US government circles had previously said that Tesla would have to change this and also make part of its charging station network accessible to the competition in order to benefit from state subsidies.
Tesla has to convert its charging stations so that charging according to the CCS standard is also possible.
In the USA, 7.5 billion dollars in state funds are planned for the expansion of charging stations.
According to government information, 500,000 new electric car charging stations are to be built nationwide by 2030.
Subsidy prospects, Tesla stock comeback
Tesla operates almost 18,000 fast charging stations (superchargers) in the USA.
That is currently 60 percent of all fast charging stations in the USA.
In addition, there are around 10,000 so-called "destination chargers" from Tesla, which can recharge an electric vehicle overnight.
The prospect of further government subsidies went down well with Tesla investors.
The stock temporarily climbed above the $210 mark on Wednesday.
The share has almost doubled within three months: in December, the Tesla share had temporarily fallen back to 100 US dollars.
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