The auto-maker is increasing the number of charging facilities in Manhattan than their are gas fueling stations as the launch of its Model S comes closer.
By the end of the month, there will be more Tesla charging stations than gas stations in Manhattan. According to a post by the New York Post, Tesla Motors Inc. has decided to increase the number of charging stations up to 106 by the end March in New York City. The automobile giant is aiming at creating a network of charging stations as fast as it can, at least in the urban cities.
As the automobile organization plans to reveal its latest Model 3 Electric Vehicle, this project of increasing EV charging infrastructure is highly essential to the auto-maker. With its latest move, it can be observed that the number of electric charging stations in Manhattan is likely to double the number gas stations in the city. This move by Tesla is being backed by the CEO Elon Musk, as he is aware of the fact that they will be launching their EV Model 3 on March 31 and before that happens there need to be charging stations available at every nook and corner.
It should be noted that both electric vehicles and charging stations go hand in hand, with one the other is completely pointless hence the auto-maker has decided to make as many stations available as possible. Besides since the company has already decided to transition itself from high-end sellers to mass market vehicle providers, it need to make sure that it makes all the necessary accouterments available with it.
The electric cars run out of juice quite frequently, to save customers from range anxiety, the company will need to put these charging stations in close vicinities. Initially, Tesla had to face this problem in China when they introduced their EVs and there weren’t enough charging stations in the city. Such problems are likely to happen in big cities such as New York as they are high density cities where a large number of people live in apartments.
In an effort to tackle the problem in China, the management came up with Destination Chargers which were placed closed to hotels and restaurants as setting up Supercharger facilities in such dense cities is quite difficult. However, it worked out well for the auto-mobile manufacturer in China but in the United States, Tesla plans to build these chargers at garages as well.
Since it is difficult to put the Supercharger Facilities in these populated cities, EV manufacturers are now partnering up with local garages companies to set up their Destination Chargers. These are over 1,500 Tesla car owners in the NYC region and it’s the company’s responsibility to make sure that these customers are provided with the necessary arrangement to charge their rides.
The local garage charging facility program was launched in August 2015 and according to the New York Post, Tesla got into a partnership with a dozen of those local garage companies in the city. Some of the local garage companies that were on board with Tesla last year in August include Prime Parking System, iPark, ParkIt, and a number of hotels.
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