This so far is the biggest sting to current Tesla owners. A lot of the stupid stuff it was kind of possible to ignore because it didn't affect the ownership directly, but this is insane.
Superchargers have been the greatest competitive advantage of Tesla for as long as the company existed. They've been so great at keeping them reliably operating , drastically easing range anxiety for Tesla owners. With this layoff I expect the Supercharger network to become just like the rest of them: broken over 50% of the time.
One of the exciting things about the broad switch to NACS in the US was that other fast charger networks were going to have to compete with Tesla's network, which might have brought the level of reliability and ease of use up dramatically. Instead, we're going to have zero reliable fast charging networks.
I think this broadly dooms the EV movement in the US. I need to sell my Tesla and I guess get a PEHV or something.
> One of the exciting things about the broad switch to NACS in the US was that other fast charger networks were going to have to compete with Tesla's network
What standardization will bring is more investment and development. Companies are less interested in investing in infrastructure when there are dumb standards fights which lead to pointless incompatibilities.
Part of the reason why Europe's EV infrastructure is further along is because of standardization. Everyone can build to the same standard and have it work with all brands of charger and all brands of car.
With CCS winning the protocol war in North America and with Tesla's plug now standardized as SAE J3400 (aka CCS type 3), more companies will be willing to build out more chargers. North America is years behind where it could have been, but at least it's slowly heading towards standardization and compatible charging infrastructure.
Superchargers have been the greatest competitive advantage of Tesla for as long as the company existed. They've been so great at keeping them reliably operating , drastically easing range anxiety for Tesla owners. With this layoff I expect the Supercharger network to become just like the rest of them: broken over 50% of the time.
One of the exciting things about the broad switch to NACS in the US was that other fast charger networks were going to have to compete with Tesla's network, which might have brought the level of reliability and ease of use up dramatically. Instead, we're going to have zero reliable fast charging networks.
I think this broadly dooms the EV movement in the US. I need to sell my Tesla and I guess get a PEHV or something.