Aptera Motors, a California-based electric car manufacturer, is asking the US Congress to make Tesla's Superchargers and its plug the standard for all-electric vehicles in the country.
The car company has pointed out that this will make charging of EVs around the United States easier for all consumers.
Aptera Wants to Make Tesla's Superchargers the Standard
Tesla had created its own dominant charging standard when it first began manufacturing electric vehicles.
Now, the Elon Musk-own company is the number one EV manufacturer in the country, making its Superchargers and plugs the frequently used ones as more and more Americans drive Tesla vehicles.
Although the Combined Charging System or CCS has become the standard, Aptera believes it is still not the best EV charging standard in the market.
The car company is building a battery and solar-powered super-efficient three-wheeler electric vehicle.
According to Electrek, Aptera's EV has a range of up to 1,000 miles, and it achieves that by making the EV lightweight, with three wheels and a drag coefficient of only 0.13.
Apetra pointed out that every little bit of volume and weight improvement it has done on its EV is crucial, down to the connector, which is why it wants to adopt Tesla's connector instead, according to Inside EVs.
Electrek also reported that Aptera wants to encourage broader adoption of the Tesla connector, but it was not yet clear how the company plans on doing it.
To help their plans go forward, Aptera co-founders Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro have launched a petition on Change.org to ask the US Congress to make Tesla Superchargers and its plug the standard for electric vehicles in the United States.
Both Anthony and Fambro argued that the current CCS and SAE J1772 are "cumbersome, clunky, and expensive" compared to Tesla's Superchargers and plugs that are "lightweight, efficient and elegant."
The Apetra co-founders also cited Electreck's report that Tesla's Superchargers that are planned to deploy in Texas cost only a fifth of the stations that other charging network owners plan.
Apetra's petition has gotten more than 1,000 signatures after it was launched online.
Tesla to Expand its Superchargers
Apetra's petition came days after Tesla announced that it would expand its Superchargers to other electric vehicles in late 2022 as per the White House's request.
According to TechCrunch, the US government said back in April that it would increase its own network of 1,100 charging stations a hundred-fold to meet the upcoming demand as more Americans switch to electric vehicles.
Tesla is now calling for the expansion of the capacity of its Gigafactory in New York, where more than 1,600 employees produce Supercharging stations and solar panels.
The expansion could help Tesla get more revenue and attention as automakers launch new electric vehicles over the next couple of years, especially since the US aims to go full electric in 2030.
However, the EV manufacturer did not mention how much money it will invest in adding stations to its fast-charging network, but it did say that it is ramping up production of its "power electronics components that convert alternating current to direct current charging."
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Written by Sophie Webster
