Tesla Supercharger Network vs. the World

[EVer]

Incapable? I’m suspecting “unwilling.”

But, given the preceding post, I'm not surprised if you’re correct. The notion that there is no development cost for an EVSE is outlandishly foolish.

There must be a guy who just says “let there be a first past success technical data package, control software, device firmware, test results, and qualification reports,” which then materialize out of nowhere. But with that skill set he probably costs more per hour than the entire development and test team combined.

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[EVer]

“I’ve used EVGO and therefore I know the development cost was zero, and that they are profitable despite what the CEO says (what does she know anyway?).

I also don’t know anything about these people, but because they present reasoned arguments with sourced data which run counter to my inflexible and arbitrary opinions, they are certainly fanatics who haven’t used what I’ve used.”


Seems legit.

 

[malba2366]

The chargers aren't in use for half the day, you ignored the rental fee for the location, the maintenance required, the cost of the electrical hookup etc. Tesla superchargers may be busy, because there are a lot of people out there who have free charging but once people have to pay 5x what it costs to charge at home, the demand at the pay chargers will be very limited.

 

[EVer]

The chargers aren't in use for half the day, you ignored the rental fee for the location, the maintenance required, the cost of the electrical hookup etc.

Not to mention the non-recurring costs...

There is a reason EVGO is not profitable, and there is a reason Tesla only recoups a portion of its costs relative to Supercharging. There is no publicly available information I can find about Electrify America, but I'd bet dollars to donuts they aren't profitable either.

 

[EVer]

You just mentioned two forms of recurring costs. I said non-recurring.

 

[EVer]

That is also a recurring cost.

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