Tesla wants to build a large station with 160 charging points

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The American electric car manufacturer, Tesla, aims to build one of the largest charging stations in the world. For this project, Elon Musk’s company would set its sights on a busy road in Florida.

Tesla sees the big picture. The US electric car maker reportedly intends to consolidate its control over the charging station market by creating one one of the biggest Supercharger of the worldreports the site Car Plus, Tuesday April 9. According to our colleagues, plans from Elon Musk’s company have, in fact, recently been leaked on social networks. The documents show a supercharging station for electric vehicles, which could be built in Florida, USA.

According to these plans, Tesla plans to build this infrastructure on Florida Turnpike, a strategic location as it is one of the busiest roads in the US state. This Tesla supercharger can be created 200 spaces, including 160 with a payment facility. In addition, areas can be reserved for heavy goods vehicles. If, at the moment, no date has been presented, the car manufacturer has already found a partner for this pharaonic project, notes Auto Plus.

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Cheap car project abandoned?

On the other hand, another branding project, equally coveted, seems to have been abandoned. Tesla, in fact, has stopped building a low-cost electric car (a model that costs less than $25,000). Elon Musk mentioned this idea last November and then revealed that the Model 2 (25% cheaper than the Model 3) would be made in Europe. But, according to several local sources, specifically cited by Reuters, the project is no longer on the agenda. And, despite Elon Musk’s denial of this information, sources confirm: they would attend a meeting at the end of February, recording the release of Model 2. “Elon’s order is bet everything robot-taxi»even one of them said.