Image credit: Bridie Schmidt
Tesla has asked drivers to give it some feedback on proposed Supercharger locations and suggest new ones.
The Friday morning tweet (Australia time) came hot on the heels of the company’s third quarter earnings call as well as another tweet on the distribution of its current Supercharging network.
Notably, this tweet featured a map of Australia with a number of new Supercharging locations highlighted, in addition to existing ones.
As The Driven reported earlier in October, these new locations were briefly revealed on its website before being added to the EV maker’s interactive map.
With fast-charger penetration still very much a work in progress in Australia, Tesla’s network has proven a winner for owners who benefit from using the EV maker’s network when travelling as well as third party networks.
This is particularly so with the promised uptime of third-party networks called into question both in Australia and overseas.
Now, voter responses are pouring in on which are the most desirable locations around the globe.
As of Friday afternoon, the most voted on proposed locations are all unsurprisingly in the US. Sitting at number one is Big Bear Lake, CA, followed Sylva, NC, Lake Okeechobee, FL, Dalton, GA and Dalton, CA in the top five.
Other well-represented countries include Germany, the UK, Denmark, France, Korea and Norway.
There are also several Australia locations in the list – Braidwood in NSW’s Southern Tablelands (296 votes, #6 in the APAC region), Penrith in western Sydney (240 votes, #8), Southern Cross west of Perth (236 votes, #9), and Orange in central NSW (227 votes, #12).
Following these are Brisbane Central (222 votes, #13), Coober Pedy in outback South Australia (211 votes #15), Canowindra in central NSW (190 votes, #18), and last of all, Tully in far north Queensland (189 votes, #19).
The voting process requires a login and can be accessed here. With at least 22 new locations already planned for Australia, the results will no doubt be used by Tesla to prioritise roll outs of new locations.
You can also suggest your own Supercharger locations here.
Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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