Tesla started a trial this week, in which electric cars from other brands can also use Tesla Supercharger charging stations. The Netherlands is the first country to introduce this option.
With immediate effect, non-Tesla drivers can also use their electric car at Tesla Supercharger charging stations. Not yet at all locations – there are now thirty-five in the Netherlands – because Tesla is starting a trial at these ten places:
- Apeldoorn East
- breakage
- pigeons
- Eemnes
- Hengelo
- Meerkerk
- naughty
- Sassenheim
- Tilburg
- Zwolle
Only cars with CSS plug can go to Tesla
To be able to charge an electric car from a different brand at a Tesla Supercharger, you must download the Tesla app. It now has a special feature built into it for non-Teslas. Please note: only EVs with a CSS connection can be connected to a Tesla Supercharger. For example, a Nissan Leaf has a CHAdeMO plug, which is not supported by Tesla.
Tesla Supercharger is more expensive for non-Tesla drivers
Furthermore, a non-Tesla driver pays more for charging at a Tesla Supercharger than a Tesla driver. The latter costs between 0.25 and 0.30 euros per kWh. That is considerably lower than the 0.57 – 0.62 kWh for everyone else. By way of comparison: at Fastned you pay 0.59 euros per kWh.