Tesla Private Superchargers Arrive in Europe

For the first time in Europe, a company is acquiring Tesla Superchargers to equip its own network. This is happening in England and it is expected to spark a snowball effect.

The British fuel station operator EG Group will acquire ultra-fast charging units from Tesla to help deploy its own electric vehicle charging network across Europe. Until now, this equipment was only accessible to Tesla drivers, in areas equipped by Tesla. EG stated that it aims to expand its charging network from over 600 chargers currently deployed to nearly 20,000 in the very short term.

The UK, like the rest of Europe, has made the deployment of electric vehicles a major goal in order to achieve Zero Emissions by 2050. As often happens, words and good intentions have moved faster than technology, and the automotive industry has expanded more quickly than the public charging network.

The United Kingdom had just over 49,000 publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points as of October 1, according to government figures, when double that would be imperatively needed according to manufacturer associations to accommodate the growing electric vehicle fleet.

These new Tesla Superchargers will be installed in an “open network” and will therefore be accessible to all drivers, regardless of vehicle brand. A very clever move for EG which has, undoubtedly, secured exclusivity on this equipment, at least for the British territory.

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