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0 pointstheshrike795y ago0 comments

> It's wild to me that no other car manufacturers have taken Tesla up on their offer for supercharger access.

It's a prestige thing. Legacy manufacturers would lose face if they'd have their cars charging at the young upstart's superchargers.

This is why most european manufacturers have partnered with 3rd party companies and provide some amount of free charging at certain branded locations for new vehicles.

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gonehome5y ago

Well whatever it is, I think it’s a stupid decision that harms their potential customers.

They did nothing for ten years while tesla built out an entire network (except publicly complain about EVs).

It’s like Steve Ballmer’s video trashing the iPhone and then losing the entire phone market. I have little respect for that.

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gonehome5y ago

Well whatever it is, I think it’s a stupid decision that harms their potential customers.

They did nothing for ten years while tesla built out an entire network (except publicly complain about EVs).

It’s like Steve Ballmer’s video trashing the iPhone and then losing the entire phone market. I have little respect for that.

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