[ChrisL]

Largely for my own amusement, I did some GIS fiddling on Wednesday and tried to pick out the existing Tesla Supercharger sites that might be eligible for NEVI funding for upgrades; about 460 locations appear to be candidates, before considering eligible corridors. There are probably a few omissions as well since the data I used didn't have an easy way to identify which CCS sites already have compliant charging hardware (I just counted any site with 4 or more CCS dispensers as compliant). Anyway here's a link to the map:

Potential Tesla NEVI sites

 

[ChrisL]

If I understand it, the NEVI funding has to be used for chargers that are CCS compatible - meaning the funding could be used to convert some older chargers - say 2 chargers per V3 site - or it could be used to install new chargers at an old site, or the $ used to install a full new site. The question is, if it's used for a new site, wouldn't ALL the chargers have to be CCS compitable?

Not necessarily; a new site can have non-NEVI compliant chargers as long as the federal money isn't used to build them. FY2022 funds can also be used for adding CHAdeMO connectors.

Even an upgraded site would need 4 chargers to add CCS to qualify for subsidies.

 

[ChrisL]

Even if the supercharger were open to everyone there will still be plenty of people out there who won't use it because they don't want to put a dime into musk's pocket.

Tesla's network is also significantly more expensive to use than EA, which is why you're starting to see more Teslas charging at EA with their CCS adapter despite the moats like the adapter's high up front cost and lack of CCS charging integration with the car navigation (no preconditioning, no real-time status, no consideration in route planning).