IT Home April 4 news, well-known Tesla investor Ross Gerber on Twitter asked Musk about the profitability of the supercharger business, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla's goal for the supercharge pile business is: including all costs, to achieve a gross margin of 30% or a profit margin of 10%.
IT Home has reported that some netizens have previously complained about the price increase of Tesla charging services on Twitter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied that he would investigate the reasons for the price increase, he stressed that Tesla just wants to make some small returns rather than sky-high prices, and said that he hopes to fully consider the charging service price of superchargering stations.
The most talked about new energy vehicles is the charging policy, but the price of electricity is not set in stone. Not long ago, Xiaopeng Automobile announced that the peak charging price of its self-operated charging piles has risen to 1.92 yuan / kWh, and Tesla has also implemented price increases for its exclusive charging stations, and public charging piles such as new electric circuits and special calls have also been more or less adjusted.
According to the latest data from Tesla China Charging Team, 3 new supercharger stations and 18 superchargering stations were added in February 2022, which have been launched in 3 cities/counties across the country.
IT Home learned that Tesla said that as of now, Tesla has built more than 1100 super charging stations and more than 8400 super charging piles in Chinese mainland, with more than 700 destination charging stations and more than 1800 destination charging piles, covering more than 360 cities and regions.
In addition, Tesla also announced the list of cities that are expected to add new supercharger stations in March, including Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guiyang, Luohe, Wuhan, Jishou, Yuncheng, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Foshan, Jieyang, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Tiantai, Jinan, Jining, Chengdu, Meishan, Kunming, Yizheng, Dongtai and Yangzhou.
According to previous information, Tesla's supercharger network covers 100% of all provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the central government in Chinese mainland, and achieves full coverage of prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong and Guizhou.