Tesla Superchargers are private only because Tesla asked for the other manufacturers to help pay for the infrastructure costs if they wanted to use the supercharger system and all the other manufacturers declined. All the other manufacturers decided to leave charging infrastructure to third parties with predictable results.WetEV said:SC is private, intended to establish a monopoly. Why do you think Tesla's stock price is so high? Market value 4X that of Ford motor?DaveinOlyWA said:Seriously? You are unaware of why EA exists?
There is a major difference between the SC and EA; The SC was built with Tesla's money. EA is being built with our money.
Nissan is the only Chademo company left standing in the USA. Nissan is not going to build out a Chademo network, nor is anyone else by choice. EA forced to fund a single Chademo per location is about the best you might hope for, and that's not by choice.
VW was under some compulsion to do something like to fund EA, but the prime motivation for EA is for VW to have a future. If the only nationwide charging network is Tesla, that's going to be most of the market.
VW created EA as a requirement of the Dieselgate settlement. The initial funding was about 3 Billiion dollars and will eventually grow to 11 Billion. Both EPA and CARB required that the stations installed by EA be standards agnostic as to charging protocols. EA complies with this by installing 1 Chademo plug per location thus meeting the letter of the law. EA is clearly biased toward CCS and have stated as much publicly. Jaguar, Volkswagen, Porsche, Renault, General Motors, BMW, Daimler, Ford, FCA, Tesla Europe, Kia and Hyundai all use CCS. Chademo is seen as primarily a Japanese standard although Tesla's also use it with a $500 adapter. VW did not do this voluntarily or for the benefit of the company. It was forced on them by court order. EA is being built with VW's money. not public funds.