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Originally Posted by Travis
I think in future we should consider Tesla as another Exonn, Shell or BP, operating gas station-like EV charging facilities.
The problem is Exonn, Shell or BP never builds cars.
If I am FTC, I would be seriously concerned about the vertical domination of Tesla.
Good to know that BMW is not abandoning the Joint Venture. We want more public charging.
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The government desperately needs Tesla to build out charging infrastructure to meet climate targets.
It would be a massive own goal to hit them with some anti trust BS over providing a EV charging when that’s exactly what they want and need.
Everyone else was welcome to build out their own infrastructure but Tesla did it best and fastest.
I don’t think they even planned their charging biz to be a major revenue generator, it was built as more of a necessity to reassure customers that they would be able to charge on the go.
This is no different to Apple starting to use the android charging standard, it just makes sense to have a uniform standard.
If they started price gouging then that’s when the government would step in