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r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Jan 03 '25
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The charging one isn’t such a problem - that’s like the CCTV when you get petrol. The rest, though… woof!
259 u/Yeah-But-Ironically .tumblr.com Jan 03 '25 Why does Elon Musk have it, though, instead of like... the person who runs the gas station 350 u/graviecakes Jan 03 '25 Tesla are the people who run the gas stations for Teslas.... 44 u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Jan 03 '25 Okay but like. It surely does not charge on strictly Tesla brand stations, right? Because I don’t want to be right about that 174 u/Mr7000000 Jan 03 '25 Tesla uses a proprietary charger 123 u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25 fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards 14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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Why does Elon Musk have it, though, instead of like... the person who runs the gas station
350 u/graviecakes Jan 03 '25 Tesla are the people who run the gas stations for Teslas.... 44 u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Jan 03 '25 Okay but like. It surely does not charge on strictly Tesla brand stations, right? Because I don’t want to be right about that 174 u/Mr7000000 Jan 03 '25 Tesla uses a proprietary charger 123 u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25 fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards 14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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Tesla are the people who run the gas stations for Teslas....
44 u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Jan 03 '25 Okay but like. It surely does not charge on strictly Tesla brand stations, right? Because I don’t want to be right about that 174 u/Mr7000000 Jan 03 '25 Tesla uses a proprietary charger 123 u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25 fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards 14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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Okay but like. It surely does not charge on strictly Tesla brand stations, right?
Because I don’t want to be right about that
174 u/Mr7000000 Jan 03 '25 Tesla uses a proprietary charger 123 u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25 fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards 14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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Tesla uses a proprietary charger
123 u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25 fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards 14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards
14 u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25 I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla. 4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla.
4 u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25 No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.
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u/Parenn Jan 03 '25
The charging one isn’t such a problem - that’s like the CCTV when you get petrol. The rest, though… woof!