Tesla is about to close the first Supercharger station that was unveiled during the Supercharger event on September 24, 2012, located in Tesla’s design studio and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
According to information provided on Reddit, the soon-to-close station is one of the six Supercharger stations first opened to the public in 2012. As of July 19, 2017, this Supercharger station will no longer be available to the public, but it will still be operated by Tesla and SpaceX employees. The reason for closing the Supercharger station has not yet been announced by the company.
Tesla will guide users to other nearby Supercharger stations and has removed this Supercharger station from their car’s system several months ago.
Recently, news about Tesla’s Supercharger stations has repeatedly made headlines on various platforms. The peak power of the V3 Supercharger will soon increase from 250 kW to 300 kW, and the Supercharger network will be opened to other brands later this year, etc. It is evident that Tesla is working hard to advance the technology and charging experience of their Supercharger stations. They also have tremendous ambitions to** expand their Supercharger network and expand Tesla’s influence in the entire new energy industry.**
At the same time, Tesla’s Cybertruck and electric semi-trucks are on the way to mass production, and heavier vehicles with higher-capacity batteries have even higher demands for** high-speed, stable and safe charging**.
Looking back at the first batch of Supercharger stations opened in 2012, nine years have passed. At that time, their output power was only close to 100 kW (now slightly upgraded), and natural aging due to long-term exposure to wind and sun is inevitable. For Tesla, which needs to update technology, provide better charging experiences, and expand their Supercharger network, it is obviously inappropriate to invest more time, energy, and money in the old generation of Supercharger stations that have been in use for a long time.Perhaps Tesla will gradually start phasing out old generation Supercharging stations and building a new generation of Supercharging network in the future. However, it’s comforting to know that there are currently more than 2,700 Supercharging stations and over 25,000 Superchargers worldwide, in addition to Tesla’s speed in building Supercharging stations globally. Processing some old Supercharging stations will not have a significant impact on Tesla’s Supercharging network, and users’ experience should not change much either.
As times change and technology advances at an ever-increasing pace, various automakers have also set out different plans for energy replenishment of new energy electric vehicles. Since Tesla has recognized that relying on the Supercharging network for rapid charging and energy replenishment is the way to go and wishes to expand the breadth of the charging network to other brand models, then phasing out old charging stations and allocating resources and technology to brand-new Supercharging stations is quite a smart decision.
🔗 Source: insideevs
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