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Originally Posted by NomoTesla
Again, having a NACS port or an adapter DOES NOT give you access to superchargers. Superchargers are a closed, private network. Tesla allows who can charge. If there is no agreement between the companies, there is no access to the supercharger network regardless of what port or adapters you may have.
BMW needs to sign a deal with Tesla, pay the piper, and get moving. Without that, no superchargers for BMWs.
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I don't think that is quite right. If you go to Tesla Pilot homepage:
https://www.tesla.com/support/non-tesla-supercharging
"With this pilot, some stations are now accessible to non-Tesla EV drivers in selected countries via the Tesla app (version 4.18.0 or higher). Tesla drivers can continue to use these stations as they always have, and we will be closely monitoring each site for congestion and listening to customers about their experiences. "
If you look at Q&A:
https://www.tesla.com/support/non-te...river-benefits
"As a Tesla driver you benefit from the seamless integration of charge post and vehicle, optimized route planning and battery pre-conditioning. With your Tesla, you’ll also have access to the lowest Supercharger pricing."
So if you sign a deal with Tesla, 12000 Super Charger sites will be available to you. You will benefit from seamless integration for payment(Non Tesla car manufacturer will have to provide software update for this), optimized route planning by Car's navigation taking into account charger availability (Mercedes Navigation in 2024 model will have this as per their new order guides) and battery pre conditioning done automatically for you.
Only benefit that a Tesla owner will have over you will be lowest price and all Supercharger sites will be available not just 12K.
Under Tesla App section
"How do I charge if I do not drive a Tesla ?
Download the Tesla app (version 4.18.0 or higher) for iOS or Android and create a Tesla Account.
Select ‘Charge Your Non-Tesla’ and find your Supercharger site.
Add your payment method, select a stall, unlock the adapter, plug-in your car, and tap ‘Start Charging.’
Select ‘Stop Charging’ to complete your session."
This is quite cumbersome.
Charger availability:
Without a deal BMW owner will have to log into Tesla app to find out which charger is available. I don't know if all of 12,000 sites available to manufacturers who sign up a deal with Tesla will also be available to folks driving a car made by manufacturer who has not signed up with Tesla.
Route planning:
Imagine you will plan your route using Car's navigation or Apple Map or Google Map or Waze and then you will manually try to correlate Tesla charger availability from your app with your map. Imagine to repeating that if charger is no longer available
Battery Pre Conditioning:
For super charger location that you manually figure out how will you do automatic battery pre conditioning.
Payment:
I think App should also give a bit of seamless payment experience
If you are buying a $100K vehicle I would expect manufacturing company to already give me all these things. This stuff is basic essential as far as EV experience goes and any manufacturer who does not think about these points should loose business.