Italy is the newest nation listed by Tesla within the European Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program, which at present features a three-digit variety of stations.
As within the case of many of the different international locations, additionally in Italy solely a number of the Tesla Supercharging stations can be found to non-Tesla electrical autos.
The corporate doesn’t present a listing of such stations that we’re conscious of, so the one approach to see whether or not non-Tesla EVs can use a specific station is to individually test it within the Tesla app – it ought to have an annotation “This Supercharger is open to Tesla autos and Non-Tesla autos with CCS compatibility.”
The Tesla app additionally signifies costs (which could dynamically change, relying on time) and is essential to configure an account and begin a charging session. Electrical autos should be appropriate with the CCS Combo 2 (CCS2) charging customary to make use of the charger.
Italy is the fifteenth nation in Europe, the place non-Tesla EVs can recharge at Superchargers. Previously, Iceland joined in September.
The complete listing of markets included within the pilot program:
- France
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- UK
- Spain
- Sweden
- Belgium
- Austria
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
- Iceland
- Italy
We do not know the precise variety of charging stations and stalls included within the pilot undertaking, however we’re speaking a couple of three-digit variety of stations and a four-digit variety of stalls (out of over 10,000).
Tesla is predicted to proceed the enlargement of this system in Europe, the place new Tesla automobiles and Superchargers are appropriate with the CCS2 charging connector, identical to nearly all different electrical automobiles.
In North America, issues are tougher as a result of Tesla makes use of its proprietary charging connector. It was not too long ago named the North American Charging Normal (NACS) and opened to your complete trade. Nonetheless, as a result of different electrical autos are geared up with a CCS1 or CHAdeMO inlet, they can not use NACS with out a particular adapter. In different phrases, such a pilot program shouldn’t be simply doable and would no less than generate an extra value and complexity.
Tesla introduced beforehand that its long-term purpose is to make its Supercharging community out there to all electrical autos. Solely time will inform when it will likely be carried out at full scale.
The charging connector compatibility, format (brief charging cables), advertising and marketing (exclusivity of Supercharging), in addition to profitability, are a number of the details to contemplate when opening the community to non-Tesla EVs. Tesla should additionally double-check whether or not its infrastructure can deal with extra EVs at specific areas.
