Ramifications for infrastructure build-out of non-tesla fast chargers feel murkier but competition is currently accelerating so... hopefully that continues.
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For the standard, yes. J3400 is already in the SAE's control.
What Tesla does to their network is their own business so that could return to being exclusive but so long as money remains a thing Elon wants that wouldn't seem likely to me.
I disagree on reasoning. He'd def burn money to be 'right'. The Tesla Charger network only was opened in the States after the EU forced it in Europe. Given Musk's dislike for 'complicated' tech stacks, I'm not sure Musk wants to fork the software to limit stateside chargers back to teslas.
I honestly think he's going to lose interest. Not in money, that would be stupid. I think Tesla is going to keep taking hits, and he's going to claim sabotage ruined him and sell it off.
He props up the stock price, without him it crashes down to a normal level and stock price is the *only* thing a publicly traded company's board cares about
What I can say for certain tho, is that by the end of this mess America will be desperately trying to play catch-up with the rest of the world while everyone in Europe and Asia zip around in sleek electric vehicles.
Wait till Elon has the brilliant idea to make a 1 car wide highway with gates that only open to tesla cars, Sure it costs 10 trillion and has to demolish over 50 neighborhoods to make it, but that's a sacrifice he's willing to make, also it will have cool RGB lights.
I haven't been driving very often in the last 4 years and the whiplash I felt when my discovering that my 2012 Leaf is essentially obsolete for most locations was jarring. I hope that experience doesn't spread to others.
The LEAF stands out as a pretty poor EV in several ways, sadly. Bad battery thermals which caused excessive early wear, CHAdeMO even into the 2020s, and limited range.
It's not a bad car, but it has *aged* quite badly.
Ah I missed this followup when I replied just now. Agreed on all fronts, and I keep hoping that aftermarket services continues to grow but there's no way after this election that it would ever become cheaper.
That's good to hear. These older Leafs are in a really bad place, pinned between battery degradation and aftermarket upgrades being priced high enough to consider a new car altogether. Horrible e-waste potential.
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What Tesla does to their network is their own business so that could return to being exclusive but so long as money remains a thing Elon wants that wouldn't seem likely to me.
Nissan hitched themselves to the CHAdeMO wagon which was, uh, a mistake.
It's not a bad car, but it has *aged* quite badly.