Tesla is now extending its Supercharger to Canada after the government revealed that the company would open access to some of its networks to non-Tesla brands' electric vehicles. This will start in the capital city of Ottawa and Sudbury.
Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot Program in Canada
Tesla is set to open a portion of its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles in Canada. According to a report from Engadget, this is an effort to expand the company's accessibility to other customers and EV users in the country. By the end of 2025, there will be 750 opened stations, with 350 of those equipped with 250kW Superchargers.
The first stations will be opened later this year in Ottawa and Sudbury. The available charge route includes a huge Trans-Canada Highway stretch between Ottawa and Calgary.
Opening Supercharger networks in Canada will not only help increase the availability of chargers in the country for general EV drivers but also helps to create new revenue streams for Tesla.
Canada's EV Efforts
Tesla remains quiet regarding these plans as all of the released information came from the government of Canada, which is not surprising as the country's authorities have been planning to make EV chargers more accessible.
The Canadian government collaborates with its partners to install nearly 3,000 EV chargers in multi-use residential buildings, officers, fleets, and public spaces. Most of these will be modest Level 2 chargers that total 1,908 but will also include 100 Level 3 chargers. Meanwhile, the government has ongoing funding for five projects to install as many as 1,382 chargers.
Teslarati reported that Canada also signed a partnership recently with Tesla. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced that Tesla would potentially announce the location of a new Gigafactory outside the United States by the end of 2023. Canada has been one of the countries rumored as the potential location of the new manufacturing facility.
Locations of Pilot Programs
Aside from Canada, the Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program is already coming initially in New York and Canada. It was also recently launched in Australia and China.
As for Europe, this was launched in 2021 and already expanded to fifteen markets. InsideEVs reported that every mentioned country is equipped with different types of superchargers.
Europe and Australia come with native compatibility with the CCS2 standard, handle various EVs, and new V4 stations with longer cables.
Meanwhile, China is equipped with native compatibility with the local GB/T standards. The United States has the same equipped superchargers as Canada, with a Magic Dock built-in CCs1 adapter.
