2022 could be the year in which the charging worlds for Tesla and electric cars from other manufacturers grow together worldwide. In the USA, for example, an adapter is to be in preparation with which Teslas can charge at third-party CCS stations, as well as a “Magic Dock” that alien electric cars use the Supercharger allows. In Europe, the supercharger opening has already started with a test in the Netherlands in November 2021. And in Norway, too, other electric cars have now been observed charging at Tesla stations.
Audi e-tron charges at Tesla
The Norwegian publication elbil24 reported on this on Friday. A reader gave a tip that a Nissan e-NV 200 and an Audi e-tron were connected to a supercharger near Oslo in the post. A reporter drove there and, according to him, actually encountered the Audi electric car that was charging electricity at the Tesla column. In addition, there was initially a BYD Tang on site, but it left immediately.
A video from elbil24 shows the Supercharger Nebbenes in Norway, which is the largest in Europe with its 44 individual columns. As usual, only Teslas can be seen in the front seats on the site. But then the camera pans backwards and there is actually a dark Audi e-tron with a supercharger cable plugged in. The lights on the port, filmed up close, indicate that it is really charging. Later, readers are said to have reported similar observations from at least two other Tesla stations in Norway.
Its test with ten superchargers for third-party electric cars in the Netherlands Tesla officially announced. There was no such information for Norway, and no approved superchargers were displayed in the app for the country on Saturday. So it seems to be some kind of test before the test. Unlike in the USA, you don’t need an adapter for this in Europe, because Tesla uses the same CCS standard here as most other electric cars.
Global Supercharger opening planned
According to the report, the company did not want to say anything about the discovery in Norway or about its opening plans in general. The fact that they exist is not only clear because of the test in the Netherlands: Last July, CEO Elon Musk announced the goal that in the future all superchargers can be used with almost all electric cars should be. With a view to Norway, Tesla is said to have asked for a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Transport on this matter last autumn. So soon, in another European country, not all supercharger columns could be reserved for Tesla drivers.