A few months back Tesla revealed plans to have more than 10,000 supercharger stalls by the end of 2017. To many of the current owners, a large part of the brand's appeal is the ability to travel anywhere on the planet while utilizing the global network of superchargers. With explosive growth in many countries. The small company has quickly become the sole global competitor in the electric car race when it comes to fast charger implementation.
A former start up company out of Palo Alto Califorina, Tesla would now like to start gaining mass market acceptance. Plans are on the books for these massive 40 stall stations to rolled out all around the world. It's likely you will not have to wait to charge what so ever if you bought a Tesla branded electric vehicle. The beefed up " high power charge stations" could be their ticket into the mainstream.
Creating an empire of cars, coffee, and lithium ion battery packs has not come easy. Tesla has spent upwards of 7 billion dollars building out these concepts. Investors may be able to see the appeal of electric cars, but will they see the appeal of a Tesla Starbucks? We think so. The concept coffee/charger stations could be a game changer in my personal opinion. Tesla can deliver a really high quality product when they want to.
As of currently they have the monopoly on electric vehicle charging globally with no competition any where close. So I personally don't think Tesla is going anywhere any time soon. But consider this, with the new coffee shop business another possible outcome of product sales coming in with that. It does look quite similar to how a gas station would operate but instead of gas being sold it's simply high voltage electrons and high end lattes.
YouTuber Alex Guberman visits one of the first large format "Charge Station Coffeeshops". We embedded the video below.
Anothershowing how these future "Gas Station Killers" will look.
What do you think about EV charge station/coffee shop hybrids replacing gas stations?
[Photos Credit Tesla Club Socal]
[This is not a buy or sell rating or investment advice. Just an opinion piece .]