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happyscrappy t1_j8s9twb wrote

> I mean its February. Why wouldn't they open them up now that the government is handing out free money to do what they were planning on doing anyway?

The only statements made that they were going to open up were under government pressure. Claiming they were just going to open up regardless is ridiculous. Especially when even now with money going to them they still are not opening over 80% of their chargers.

> That's strange since Tesla sells on their website charging stations that work with non-EVs. But I guess Tesla doesn't get credit for that because ...reasons.

We're talking about installations, not EVSE offerings. We're talking about Tesla as a charging network operator, not an accessory vendor.

> In other words they started doing last year what you said they didn't.

No. When I'm talking about opening up I'm talking about DCFC, not AC charging.

And this addition of J1772 was before last year. And it was only in response to the government indicating that tax credits would not be available to sites that install systems that only have Tesla ports.

They didn't do it to "open up", but because the government regulated them.

And I propose further regulation to produce future "good deeds" of this sort from Tesla. You seem to be a fan of these results, why would you be against the government getting more such good results?

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