March 2 news, according to foreign media Electrek reported, just yesterday Tesla announced a video clip of its supercharger station construction, the video shows that the new supercharger station was deployed and put into use within 8 days.
▲ Video screenshot
In this video, it can be seen that the construction process of the workers is different from the traditional model, and the charging pile is not directly installed on the site and the cement, but the charging pile that has been installed on the cement base is directly placed on the site.
It is reported that this move is the prefabricated mode of Tesla's supercharge station, which can greatly shorten the construction time. Currently, Tesla is deploying a network of superchargers at an alarming rate.
Up to now, Tesla has built and opened more than 1,100 superchargering stations in Chinese mainland, with a total of more than 8,300 superchargering stations; with more than 700 destination charging stations, covering more than 360 cities and regions.
First, the advantages of the prefabricated mode are many Construction can be completed in only 8 days
The supercharging station in the video is located in Brooksville, Florida, USA. The 8 days shown in the video are just the construction phase, but it's still an impressive deployment, with construction crews deploying a supercharger station with 12 charging piles in just over a week.
The speed of construction is due to Tesla's new prefabricated supercharge station model.
In the video, the installer arrives at the installation site in a truck carrying a charging pile fixed to a cement base. This greatly simplifies the construction phase and reduces costs, while also exposing the parking lot where the supercharge station is located to less construction interference.
It is reported that tesla has been using this prefabricated model to build supercharging stations in the past few months.
Second, actively expand the energy replenishment network Supercharging station annual growth rate of about 35%
All along, with the hot sales of Tesla cars around the world, the car company is also actively expanding its charging network.
The data shows that at the end of 2020, Tesla had a total of 2564 charging stations in the world, with 23277 superchargering stations; by the end of 2021, this data has become 3476 supercharging stations and 31498 superchargering stations. Tesla's supercharging stations are growing at a rate of 35% year-on-year.
▲ Tesla Supercharger Station
It is worth noting that the growth rate of the charging network, although not low, still lags behind the delivery growth rate of Tesla vehicles. Tesla vehicle deliveries at the end of 2021 increased by 87% compared to the end of 2020.
In October 2021, Tesla said it would triple its overcharge network in 2 years. But for now, Tesla's supercharging station construction speed is lagging behind its planned speed. The reason for this is not because Tesla does not pay attention to the recharge network, but mainly because of the complexity of deploying single-seat charging stations.
Tesla's process for deploying a supercharging station is to first plan the location of the charging station and then sign a contract with the owner of the location. Subsequently, Tesla needed to design the project and obtain approval from the city government and the power company. Finally, the installation was carried out by a local contractor and worked with the local power company to get the supercharging station operational. Any problem with any step in this process will cause delays in the construction of the supercharging station.
If the prefabricated mode of Tesla's supercharger station becomes the norm, the construction of its supercharger station will be greatly accelerated.
Conclusion: Tesla's active expansion of the energy replenishment network will accelerate electrification
Tesla has also begun to gradually open up its supercharging network to non-Tesla electric vehicles, and most of the supercharger stations in the Netherlands are now open to the public, while Tesla is also testing the solution in several European countries and China.
To some extent, Tesla's initiative to open its supercharger stations to the outside world will greatly promote the electrification process of the automotive industry.
Tesla's complete charging network and the joint charging stations of other car companies will provide more convenient charging methods for electric vehicle owners, through supercharging and conventional charging, electric vehicles are not only urban transportation tools, but also gradually replace fuel vehicles as tools for long-distance travel.
At the same time, the advancement of battery technology will also significantly improve the endurance and safety of electric vehicles, and electric vehicle travel is about to strike on a large scale.