Tesla is also addressing charging anxiety by increasing the number of overcharged piles, improving charging efficiency, and connecting to third-party charging piles.
Tesla has become “pull”, in addition to the previously announced additional car data fee According to Electrek < span>, Tesla recently updated its charging policy for super-charged piles, increasing the cost of electricity other than battery charging, such as battery heaters, HVAC (heating ventilation and air conditioning) systems and other costs. Previously, these costs were all arranged by Tesla. The owner only needs to pay the electricity bill at the overcharge station, and does not need to pay the charging pile service fee with other external charging piles.
The expansion of Model 3’s global delivery scale has also placed high demands on the density and charging efficiency of its charging stations. Earlier, according to a video uploaded by a netizen on Thanksgiving, there were long queues near a super-charging pile in San Luis Obispo, California. The car lined up for several hours before there was a chance to charge.
Tesla is also addressing charging anxiety by increasing the number of overfill piles, improving charging efficiency, and connecting to third-party charging piles.
According to previous plans, Tesla will install 18,000 super-charging piles in 2018, but because the cost of pile construction is too high, the road of paving piles with car sales subsidies is very difficult to achieve. Until the end of 2019, it has not been achieved. China is its most important market. As of now, Tesla’s super-charging stations have covered 140+ cities in China, and the number of super-charging piles has exceeded 2,300. Tesla expects to add 4000+ super-superchargers in mainland China by 2020. Charging pile.
The increase in fees other than car battery electricity charges is also to tighten losses. Tesla also stated that the energy consumed by customers when charging in extreme climates may vary by 10-25 kWh, and the new billing method will “more accurately reflect the value delivered to customers and The cost of Tesla. ”
In the US domestic market, Tesla has also started to seek external cooperation in charging, deploying a connector that can be used to charge Tesla models in the charging station of EVgo, the largest charging network operator in the United States.
At the same time, in order to improve the charging efficiency and increase the car’s convection efficiency at charging stations, in March 2019, Tesla also launched three years of brewing.Project is super charging pile V3 , and has already landed in the world ’s first mature in Las Vegas, USA V3 overcharge station.
In the past, the V2 supercharged pile was fully charged in 40-50 minutes, while the V3 supercharged pile uses the latest liquid-cooled cable design, the charging rate reached 250 kilowatts, and the full charge was controlled within 30 minutes. In addition, before the promotion of the V3 supercharging pile, Tesla also increased the rate of the V2 supercharging pile to 145 kilowatts.
On January 13, Tesla’s stock price surged above $ 500 for the first time, setting a record high of $ 522.68. Judging from Friday’s closing price, Tesla’s stock has risen by more than 100% since late September.