Tesla urges People To vote On The Locations Of Its Next Superchargers

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Tesla already has more than 35,000 Superchargers around the world, but it can be a mystery how exactly it chooses the locations

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Now, the company is asking the public in a new Twitter poll to tell it where they would like to see other charging stations installed, TechCrunch reported

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Some of the most desirable locations are the least accessible, including US national parks, Vancouver Island, Hawaii and Alaska

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If you've ever been to British Columbia, you'll notice lots of Tesla electric cars driving around, but Vancouver Island has only a couple of Supercharger stations in Victoria and Nanaimo

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Similarly, Alaska has only one Supercharger station in Soldotna, and Honolulu has the only six-space station

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It would also make sense to install Supercharger charging stations at the gates of national parks, which are often located in remote regions

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In the US, Tesla has 1,469 Supercharger charging locations and the number of charging points at each station varies widely

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However, the growth in stations has not kept pace with Tesla's EV sales, which grew by 87% in 2021, but the installation of Supercharger chargers only increased by 35%

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This could soon become an even bigger problem as the company has said it will open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla vehicles

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Installing them is also not as easy as throwing money at them

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