Tesla's Superchargers are getting longer cables to better accommodate other EVs

Tesla's Supercharger network has slowly but surely opened up to vehicles made by other companies, which created a very specific set of problems since the charging port locations vary wildly between models.

Superchargers were initially designed with only Teslas in mind, which is why their cables are short. Now though, with other cars also using Superchargers, Tesla has decided to increase the number of longer cables at Superchargers. Within the next 18 months the company expects long cables to outnumber short ones.

Stall availability estimates at Superchargers will also become more accurate, as Tesla says it can now detect when an EV with a charge port located somewhere other than the rear left or front right is plugged into a short-cable Supercharger stall. So there will be no more overpromising of stall availability. In the future there will be exact site mapping and even faster refreshing of stall availability.

Over 1,500 Supercharger sites have been modified so far "so that drivers never have to use more than 2 charging spaces to charge", and that has obviously increased stall availability overall.

Finally, Tesla says it's encouraging other car makers to "transition charge port locations to rear left or front right" in order to provide "seamless compatibility with 30k+ short-cable Superchargers available to other EVs globally".

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