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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tesla just announced they will be opening up their network to non-Tesla vehicles.[/quote]

[b]Not out of the goodness of Elon's cold little heart[/b]. The US government is paying them to do it.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-15/u-s-government-will-pay-tesla-to-open-its-charger-network-to-non-tesla-evs[/quote]

It's a business, not a charity. 
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He could have started out with compatible chargers right out of the box. If he actually cared about the environment. Instead he makes every station install two types of EVs. Oh right, it's a business.[/quote]

Why is it on Elon to do all of the work?

Car manufacturers could have gone EV many decades ago before Tesla even existed.[/quote]

What do you mean? A charger standard already existed. Instead Elon chose to do extra work to make his own special chargers. [/quote]

There was no standard and none of them supported supercharging. If there was a single universal plug shape and it had supported fast charging they wouldn’t have needed to develop their own:

https://electrek.co/2021/10/22/electric-vehicle-ev-charging-standards-and-how-they-differ/

If you just have an irrational hatred for Tesla then own it but stop making stuff up. [/quote]

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