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Bosch, Daimler Grouse About Tesla’s Supercharger EV System
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. has been setting up its own fast-charge networks in the U.S. and Europe, but so far only the company's own cars are equipped to use it.
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Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. has been setting up its own fast-charge networks in the U.S. and Europe, but so far only the company's own cars are equipped to use it.
Tesla has set up 71 Superchargers in the U.S. that enable owners of its Model S electric sedan to drive coast to coast. The company plans to install more than 30 of the high-power DC systems in Europe. The facilities can pump 170 miles of range into a Model S battery in about 20 minutes. Tesla owners are allowed to use Superchargers free.
Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH complain to Germany's Automobilwoch that Tesla's unique charging technology runs counter to the idea that systems designed to be shared by any EV will do more to encourage sales of battery-powered cars.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't disagree. But last year he said it would take too long for the EV industry to arrive at a consensus solution to the problem of quickly recharging electric vehicles on long trips. "We just need to get going," he declared, "and other manufacturers can either copy us or join us."
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