It is understood that the charging station is equipped with 40 V3 charging piles and is located at 4660 Garden City Road. It is the third Supercharger station in Richmond. The Tesla charging map shows that the price of this charging station is 0.22 Canadian dollars /kWh, and there are no peak or off-peak hours.

Richmond is also understood to have a Supercharger station with eight V3 chargers, as well as a Supercharger station with 20 V2 chargers.

Tesla has previously launched several larger Supercharger stations in the U.S., including a project under construction in Barstow, Calif., a station in Harris Ranch, Calif., and a handful of other out-of-state stations.

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Tesla accused of inflating mileage

The three Tesla owners filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and are seeking to escalate the case into a class action lawsuit against Tesla on behalf of all California owners who have purchased the new Model 3, Model S, Model Y, and Model X in the hopes of obtaining damages for an undisclosed amount.

The lawsuit cites a Reuters report from last week. According to the report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally ordered an “optimistic” range estimate for the cars to entice customers to buy them. However, due to a large number of complaints from owners about the range, resulting in overcrowded service centers, Tesla created a “complaint diversion team” in Nevada to minimize the number of range-related appointments. Tesla and Musk have not yet responded to the report.

The lawsuit alleges that Tesla violated the terms of its car warranty and committed fraud and unfair competition. “Simply put, Tesla had a duty to deliver a product that performed as advertised.” Adam Edwards, an attorney with Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, the law firm representing Tesla owners, said in a statement.

The three plaintiffs cited scenarios in which their Tesla cars didn’t have the advertised range and said they had complained to Tesla without success. One of the plaintiffs is James Porter, a Model Y owner in Petaluma, California. Porter cited a trip where he drove only 92 miles, but the range “dropped by about 182 miles,” he said.

“If Tesla had been honest about the range of its electric vehicles, consumers either would not have purchased Tesla’s Model models or would have simply paid less for them.” The lawsuit claims.

On top of that, Tesla has faced lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over its Automated Assisted Driving (Autopilot) and Fully Self-Driving (FSD) systems and its promotion of the safety of those systems. In April, Reuters reported that Tesla employees shared sensitive images and videos taken by the car’s cameras on an internal information system. As a result, a California Tesla owner accused Tesla of violating customer privacy and was ready to escalate the case into a class action lawsuit. Tesla has denied the allegations.

Tesla, Musk have yet to comment on the lawsuit.

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It is noted that Jonas is one of Morgan Stanley’s top Tesla analysts. He and his team first hypothesized that Tesla could produce and store its own solar power to power its supercharging stations.

Based on this hypothesis, Jonas’ team estimated the value of Tesla’s supercharging network in several ways and dimensions. These include:

Electric vehicle miles traveled in the U.S. in 2030

Market share of Superchargers powering those miles

Average efficiency of 4 miles per kWh of electricity driven

A price of $0.32 per kilowatt-hour of electricity

The Jonas team then estimated the value of the Supercharger network under different scenarios, using a 20x FY 2030 after-tax net operating profit and a 9.0% weighted average cost of capital, and valued the Tesla Supercharger network under different scenarios:

"plausible case": assuming 10% EV mileage penetration, 50% market share of Tesla Superchargers, and a 30% net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) margin, the potential net present value of Tesla's Supercharger business is $3 per share

"Credible Case: Assuming 20% EV mileage penetration, 70% market share of Tesla's hyperchargers, and 50% NOPAT, the potential NPV of the business is $14 per share

"Dominant Case": Assuming 30% EV mileage penetration, 80% share of Tesla Superchargers, and 70% NOPAT, the potential NPV of the business is $33 per share

"Monopoly Case": Assuming 50% EV mileage penetration, 100% share of Tesla Superchargers, and 80% NOPAT, the potential NPV of the business is $78 per share

Since Tesla holds over 3 billion shares outstanding, at $33 per share, the entire Supercharger network would have a maximum estimated value of over $100 billion.

Currently, the Tesla Supercharger Network is the only global fast-charging network for electric vehicles, with automotive giants such as GM and Ford set to join the Tesla NACS charging interface standard, and the number of automakers showing interest in the standard is growing.

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One of the biggest advantages of electric cars is that they are far less expensive to use than internal combustion engine cars, as electricity is usually much cheaper than gasoline, but this can also be affected by fluctuating electricity prices. electricity prices in Europe have fluctuated dramatically over the past year, and Tesla had to significantly increase the price of charging at Supercharger stations last September in response to rising electricity prices, but electricity prices in Europe have come down.

Now Tesla has decided to lower the price of Superchargers, and the price reduction was implemented today in almost all European markets. Charging prices have dropped between 10 and 20% in most markets, and in some, such as Spain, prices have even dropped by 25i%.

It is worth noting that this does not only affect Tesla owners, many European Superchargers are already open to all non-Tesla electric cars, so these owners can benefit as well.

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Tesla reached the achievement of 40,000 Superchargers. In other words, in less than 5 months, Tesla has added 5,000 Superchargers worldwide, an average of 1,000 per month.

As of January 2023, Tesla has completed and opened more than 1,500 Superchargers, more than 10,000 Superchargers, more than 700 destination charging stations and more than 1,900 destination charging posts in mainland China.

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The main causes of charging failure are damaged chargers (nearly three-quarters of the time), vandalized charging posts, software and hardware failures, payment processing and more.

Tesla’s Supercharger network in the U.S. was vandalized in 2022, with attackers not only isolating charging cables but also extracting the copper wires inside to sell for money.

For those of you who drive electric cars, have you ever experienced charging failures in your daily use? What is the main reason? Welcome to leave a message in the comments section.

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In November this year, Tesla built 30 new supercharging stations, 125 supercharging piles, 7 destination charging stations, and 24 destination charging piles in mainland China. Cities (counties) are online.

According to public information, Tesla’s supercharging network covers 100% of all provincial capitals and municipalities in mainland China and has achieved full coverage of prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

As of last month, Tesla has built and opened more than 1,400 supercharging stations, more than 9,700 supercharging piles, more than 700 destination charging stations, and more than 1,900 destination charging piles in mainland China. In addition, foreign media recently reported that Tesla will allow third-party charging piles to be connected to its navigation system.

According to Tesla’s official introduction, the peak charging power of the V3 supercharging pile can reach 250kW. Under peak power, it can supplement the vehicle’s cruising range of about 250 kilometers in 15 minutes. The peak charging speed will vary depending on the model. .

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Norway has a relatively small population of only 5.425 million people, ranking 118th in terms of population and 61st in terms of land area, but Norway is one of the most vigorous countries in Europe in terms of transition to the new energy field. The land area and population are quite exaggerated.

In September of this year, Norway’s electric vehicle penetration rate had risen to 25%, which means that at least a quarter of new cars are electric vehicles, so various electric vehicles and manufacturers are adding bricks and tiles to the country’s new energy infrastructure. Currently, there are more than 1,500 Superchargers in Norway.

Among the newly registered electric vehicles in the country, Tesla was the best performer. As of 2022, Tesla’s sales will be 18,425, accounting for 15.5% of the annual electric vehicle sales, followed by 14,965 and 12.5% of Volkswagen, followed by BMW (8.3%) and Audi (7.1%) and Hyundai (6.3%).

The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling model in the Norwegian market, with sales of 15,289 units so far this year, so Tesla has expanded its EV supercharging pilot program to Norway, allowing owners of other brands of electric vehicles to use the company’s super charger.

Tesla’s super charging station pilot program has expanded to 15 European countries, allowing non-Tesla owners to charge at a certain rate. Rates vary by site and can be reduced by becoming a member, the company said.

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In the past, it cost more than $5 (about 36 CNY) or $10 (about 72 CNY) to fully charge at a Tesla supercharging station.

A Tesla owner said via Twitter that Tesla should have reduced the cost of supercharging stations throughout Los Angeles and parts of California by 5 cents (about 0.36 CNY) per kilowatt-hour.

In addition, Elektrek noted that prices in parts of Europe have fallen by as much as 10 cents per kWh.

Tesla announced on November 23 that it has built and opened 40,000 supercharging stations around the world, and has the world’s largest DC fast charging network.

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One of the biggest advantages of electric vehicles remains their much lower operating costs than internal combustion engine vehicles, thanks to the fact that electricity is usually much cheaper than natural gas. However, due to the war in Ukraine and Russian oil and gas restrictions, the cost of gas and electricity has been soaring, especially in Europe.

In the past, a full charge at a Tesla Supercharger station typically cost no more than $5 or $10. After several price increases, many Superchargers are now charging $0.50 per kilowatt hour, which could result in a cost of $30 for a 60-kilowatt hour charge.

After this latest price increase, Supercharging prices will be higher than €0.60 per kWh at most charging stations in Europe. In most cases, however, these prices are still cheaper than gas, which has also risen significantly in the last year.

This is because, as these prices only apply to superchargers, this represents only a small part of the overall charging for most electric car drivers, as most charging usually takes place at home during overnight stays.

Overall, electricity rates have also been rising, but they are more manageable than those for Superchargers, which are also subject to demand charges.

Tesla is expected to increasingly invest in solar and storage for Supercharger stations to help control energy costs and ultimately Supercharger prices.

Tesla may be waiting for Supercharger V4 to allow for wider deployment of solar and storage at charging stations.

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