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The Importance of EV Infrastructure

October 24, 2017

Via: MFRTech

One of the reasons why Tesla has been doing so comparatively well in the electric vehicle space has nothing to do with its cars, per se.

Rather, it has to with the fact that Elon Musk cleverly discerned that it would be to the company’s advantage to build out a network of charging stations for its vehicles. After all, while the number of gas stations in the U.S. (in excess of 120,000) makes it such that unless you’re in the proverbial middle of nowhere you can always get a fill-up and a supply of salty snacks, EV rechargers are rare. So by creating the “Supercharger” network (in North America there are more than 1,000 stations with some 7,200 480-volt chargers), Musk has created another competitive advantage.

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