This morning, Tesla officially released a picture of the 50,000th supercharger, which is painted in a special red, similar to the “Flame Red” color scheme of Tesla cars, and looks very conspicuous.

As you can see from the picture, Tesla’s 50,000th car supercharging pile is equipped with an exclusive nameplate of “No. 50000” at the bottom. The specific location of this supercharging pile is not yet found.

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The Supercharger network has been a key part of Tesla’s success. When Tesla first got into the electric vehicle business, it quickly realized that if it wanted to succeed, it could not rely on third-party companies to develop the charging infrastructure to support its electric vehicles.

So Tesla invested in its own DC fast-charging network, known as the Supercharger network, to take control of its customers’ charging experience on its own, without having to rely on other companies. Now, 10 years later, the Tesla Supercharger network is the largest and arguably one of the best DC fast charging networks in the world.

Today Tesla announced that it now has 40,000 Superchargers around the world, with those 40,000 Superchargers located in more than 4,000 different locations around the planet. The network is also growing at an accelerated rate, with Tesla adding more than 10,000 Supercharger stations this year.

On top of deploying many new stations, Tesla also plans to make some important changes to its charging network. Tesla is gradually starting to open up its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric cars, which is making it the largest electric vehicle charging provider. Tesla has now opened up hundreds of charging stations across Europe and is preparing to do the same in North America.

Tesla also recently opened its charging gun design, which the company hopes will become the new charging standard in North America. In addition, Tesla is developing a fourth generation of Superchargers. It is expected to have higher peak charging power and to facilitate the use of non-Tesla electric vehicles.

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The company’s @TeslaCharging account wrote in a tweet Thursday, “Voting for Superchargers will begin soon. Responses to location suggestions – those with the most likes will be included in the poll.”

The online vote comes as Tesla prepares to open its Supercharger network to other electric vehicles by the end of the year. The network’s launch could help Tesla attract new buyers while boosting traffic and profits across the Supercharger network. It could also put pressure on the network, especially in areas like California where Tesla and other electric vehicles have a high percentage of ownership.

The responses that received the most praise so far suggested Alaska, Hawaii and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Responses also showed a high demand for national parks in the U.S., where vacationers often travel long distances through rural areas to reach them.

Tesla already operates more than 35,000 Supercharger stations worldwide and allows drivers to add 200 miles in 15 minutes.

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White House’s memo describes actions that would help in building 250,000 charges per year leading to more than 2000 employment opportunities. The document focuses on the current government efforts toward expediting setting up EV charging infrastructure throughout the United States. It mentions more than $700 million in investment coming from the private sector. Among these efforts by private brands Tesla, finds a mention at making investments at its Gigafactory in Buffalo, NY to manufacture more Tesla Solar Roofs and Supercharger stations. What also finds a mention in the document is the tech giant’s plans to make available its Supercharger network to Non-Tesla EVs.

This makes sense considering that Tesla has finally adopted the CCS standards in Europe that are being followed by every other automobile manufacturer in the EV segment. Tesla’s supercharger stations are already equipped with CCS connectors. All that an EV driver has to do is open the Tesla Smartphone app to view all Tesla stations and choose “Charge Your Non-Tesla” to locate a charging station that is equipped with the necessary adaptors.

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