Tesla’s Supercharger network is unquestionably one of the brand’s biggest success stories. Now, ten years after developing infrastructure around the network, the EV maker opened up a new website dedicated to crowdsourcing future Supercharger sites. Input isn’t limited to just Tesla owners either. Anyone with a Tesla account can contribute.
Back in September of this year, Tesla announced via Twitter that it would soon let people vote on Supercharger locations. At the time, it even included the option to respond to that announcement with suggested cities. Those suggestions then would be part of a poll. This new website supersedes that format entirely.
Those who log in to the voting site will be taken to the global leaderboard. As of this writing, Lake Okeechobee in Florida with 658 votes sits in first place. Second-place Big Bear Lake, California is just four votes behind. Those who wish to participate can also find a button that says “Log In To Vote”.
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10 years of Supercharging.
46 countries.
35k+ stalls.
20 billion miles charged.— Tesla (@Tesla) October 20, 2022
According to the site, there will be two main functions. Voting will take place in three-month cycles. To begin with, Tesla already has a long list of proposed locations. Step one for those who want to participate is to log in to their Tesla account and vote. Each person has five votes (1 max per location) that they can use during each three-month period.
The next step after is to suggest new locations. Tesla has not specified exactly how it’ll determine which proposals it’ll include in future voting. For all we know, every submitted location will appear on future voting ballots. Tesla does say that by casting a vote “you agree that Tesla may follow up and contact you regarding Supercharging” so keep that in mind.
Interestingly enough, you do not need to be Tesla vehicle owner to participate. Creating a Tesla account, which is required to vote, is free. As Electrek rightly points out, allowing non-Tesla owners to participate only makes sense considering that the automaker is planning to open up the Supercharger network to all electric vehicles in the future.
