Tesla To Increase Number Of Charging Stations To 10K Worldwide This Year

As the single biggest name in electric supercars in the market, Tesla has a vested interest in expanding the reach of its vehicles. This is why it has built over 5,000 charging stations all over the world thus far. Tesla isn’t content with that, however, as the company recently announced that this number would reach 10,000 by the end of the year.

In a blog post, Tesla announced that it is going to be doubling the amount of charging stations that its buyers have access to in 2017. This is in part in preparation for the impending arrival of the mass-consumer Model 3 electric vehicle. With hundreds of thousands of pre-orders, it only makes sense that Tesla owners would need to have access to as many charging stations as possible.

“We started 2017 with over 5,000 Superchargers globally and by the end of this year, Tesla will double that number to total more than 10,000 Superchargers and 15,000 Destination Charging connectors around the world,” the blog post reads. “In North America, we’ll increase the number of Superchargers by 150 percent, and in California alone we’ll add more than 1,000 Superchargers.”

As Futurism notes, this move is basically Tesla’s proclamation that it has complete confidence in its products to shape the auto industry as well as to influence how the world views energy, in general. The company isn’t the only one that believes in its message either as investors and experts in the financial sector are predicting that Elon Musk’s company is going to be worth trillions over the next few years.

Not only is it predicted to dominate the auto industry, as exemplified by becoming the most valuable car company in the US today, Tesla is also expected to sweep through the energy sector. Its Powerwall products and investments in solar power have made the American brand a leading figure in renewable energy.