While announcing its support for the installation of 2,000 new charging stations in Ontario, the Government of Canada detailed last Friday a pilot project to make part of Tesla’s fast charging network accessible to other electric vehicles in the country later. in 2023. Unfortunately, it will not be in Quebec.
Open-to-all Superchargers will be piloted between Sudbury and Ottawa in the coming months. Some existing terminals will be modified and new ones will be fitted with a CCS1 connector.
“By the end of 2025, after modernization and construction of terminals, 750 terminals (including at least 350 250 kW Superchargers) will be accessible to electric vehicles of other brands in public places, almost everywhere. in the country, particularly on the Trans-Canada Highway between Ottawa and Calgary,” explains Natural Resources Canada.
The pilot project in Canada is in addition to those in the United States (New York and California) as well as in Europe (15 countries), China and Australia.
Photo: Jean-Francois Savoie
Earlier this year, we learned that at least 7,500 Tesla Superchargers in the United States will be available for other brands of electric vehicles by the end of 2024, thanks to negotiations between the White House and the manufacturer.
Then, in the last few days, Tesla reached an agreement with Ford so that its American customers would have access to 12,000 Superchargers via an adapter. From 2025, new generations of Ford electric vehicles will be manufactured incorporating a Tesla-specific charging port, eliminating the need for an adapter.
In an effort to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, Tesla has agreed to share the design of its technology with all automakers inviting them to integrate it into the design of their own vehicles. Elon Musk’s company also wants to make its connector and charging port the “North American Charging Standard” (NACS), a benchmark on the continent.
Charging network operators are also encouraged to integrate the NACS into their future terminals, so that Tesla drivers can connect to it without an adapter.
To return to Tesla’s Superchargers, let’s remember that a new generation (V4) is beginning to be implemented and offers up to 350 kW of power, a marked improvement compared to the second generation terminals (V2, up to 150 kW) and third generation (V3, up to 250 kW).