Elon Musk says Tesla will open its Superchargers to more electric vehicles this year

Owners of non-Tesla electric vehicles may be able to use some Superchargers by the end of 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said revealed on Twitter that the company is opening its Supercharger network to other electric vehicles later this year. Musk has long talked about making the grid accessible to other electric cars and, like CNBC notes, he mentioned late last year that some brands are already looking to access Tesla’s charging stations. Now we have a better idea of ​​when this could happen.

Opening up its network to other businesses won’t be easy, as Tesla uses a proprietary connector in North America. He needs to ensure that stations will work in all brands and that a secure software handshake between a non-Tesla car and a Supercharger is possible. The transition could be easier in Europe where the automaker already uses standard CCS connectors.

Electrek reported in June that Tesla was already in talks with Norwegian authorities and had asked for incentives to deploy charging stations that will be available even for non-Tesla vehicles “from the third quarter of 2022”. The German Transport Minister also previously revealed that he is in direct contact with Tesla and other companies to ensure that existing infrastructure like Superchargers are “also open to other manufacturers.”

Musk unfortunately didn’t detail his tweet, so we don’t yet know which Superchargers will be accessed by other vehicles first. He said, however, that the network would open up to other brands in any country where it is available. overtime.