Just so people understand a bit more about the Tesla Supercharger network expansion being essentially halted, one of the driving reasons behind it is grid bottlenecks, especially in certain locations south of the border.
It boils down to simple math: the grid hasn't been expanded as quickly as EV fast charging stations consume electricity.
A Tesla Supercharger station with 20 stalls installed, needs a minimum of 5.5 MEGAWATTS of electricity (250kW x 20 plus ~10% efficiency loss) which is the equivalent of about 1,000 homes in the USA. There aren't many locations with the local electrical infrastructure and of those, many are already tapped out with the various other charging networks, including Tesla.
The other issue is Tesla opening the NACS to other vendors, ending the exclusivity for Tesla owners at Superchargers. This allows them to effectively put the onus on others to build out parallel networks instead of spending their own money which can no longer be used to incentivize people to buy Tesla cars for access to a superior charging network.
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