On February 7, car blogger @ Master Brother Wei Xiyu said that he received news that Tesla will gradually open charging piles to third-party brand models this year. Tesla officially did not give a response, everyone who drives an electric car can look forward to it first.
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Some netizens believe that Tesla opens charging piles, and although other brands of models can use fast charging, the charges will be more expensive than Tesla models. Xiaolei believes that this is also a certain possibility, after all, there is a possibility of "authorization" in the open charging interface/protocol, and it is expected that the charge is a little more expensive.
In the era of fuel vehicles, car companies only need to manage how to do a good job and sell the car well, and the matter of refueling is handed over to major oil service companies and gas stations. However, stepping into the new energy era, car companies must not only do a good job in cars, but also find ways to build charging networks and strengthen the convenience of car charging. Among the new energy vehicle companies, the charging network is relatively perfect, probably only Tesla, NIO, Xiaopeng, etc., and NIO's battery exchange business has become a new direction for electric vehicle energy replenishment.
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There are really not many manufacturers who can be serious about the popularization of charging piles, because the construction of charging networks requires a lot of investment and costs, and the popularity is very slow, resulting in the current charging network coverage still has a large hole. Especially on highways, charging stations in service areas are basically queued during peak travel. In addition, the caliber of the property in the community is not uniform, and some car owners/car companies do not allow car owners/car companies to install charging piles, and the difficulty of popularization is even higher.
On the other hand, although all domestic cars that support plug-in, the interface is unified, but the internal fast charging protocol is not necessarily, just like mobile phones, different brands of fast charging protocols are inconsistent, and are not compatible with other brands of models, resulting in a great impact on the charging speed experience. If Tesla opens up charging piles and fast charging protocols, other brands of models can also share their charging networks without considering compatibility issues.
Some small car companies that are not too large actually do not have the conditions to build a charging network, and some car companies have not established a charging network, so this type of car owner often has to "borrow" other brands of charging network to supplement energy. According to data provided by NIO, 76% of the electricity of NIO's charging pile is for non-NIO brand models, of which BYD and Tesla account for the highest proportion. The charging network is the "lifeline" of electric vehicles, and without a convenient charging experience, trams cannot go far.
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It is so difficult to popularize ordinary charging piles, not to mention those ultra-high voltage fast charging and other advanced technologies, once it reaches the peak of use, the power grid will be "overloaded" in minutes.
Speaking of returning to the charging pile, the current new energy vehicle companies want to rely on exclusive charging technology or custom standards to "tie" users, which is unrealistic and not conducive to the popularization of trams. Xiaolei believes that the battery and charging of new energy vehicles must specify a common standard, regardless of brand, so that all new energy vehicles can share a charging network, everyone charging is more convenient, electric vehicles can be better popularized, Tesla open charging piles, is undoubtedly a major benefit.
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