Iceland is now the fourteenth nation to have access to Tesla's Pilot Program to Supercharge Non-Tesla Vehicles, as reported first by Teslarati.
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, non-Tesla vehicles can now charge at a few Icelandic Superchargers, according to a tweet from Tesla's Charging Twitter account.
The automaker noted that the specific locations for these Superchargers could be found in the Tesla app.
A Tesla logo is seen on a 250kW electric vehicle charging station at the Tesla Inc. supercharger station on January 4, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. - After shares rocketed higher in 2020 on surging auto deliveries, Tesla enters 2021 with plenty of momentum even as its vision of taking electric cars mainstream remains a way off.
Expanding Supercharger Stations
When the new pilot program was first announced, Tesla stated that it intended to gradually extend it to test the user experience for both new network users of non-Tesla EVs and existing Tesla customers who may see increased traffic at Tesla charging stations.
The company revealed in January that more stations in France and Norway would now be included in the program as well.
The program was extended to include all Supercharger locations in the Netherlands a month later. The test program was expanded by Tesla a few weeks later to cover some Supercharger stations in the UK, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, and Austria.
The manufacturer expanded the program's coverage of Spain and the UK in May. Tesla subsequently enlarged the initiative to cover Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Finland.
Tesla's Pilot Program in Iceland
The carmaker has been rather silent on the matter in recent months, but it is now expanding the pilot program. The majority of Supercharger stations in Iceland will now be included in Tesla's pilot program for non-Tesla EVs.
Tesla owners will be able to drive all across Iceland because of the island's extensive Supercharger network.
The car manufacturer hasn't yet extended the program to North America, where it will be necessary to use an adapter to enable non-Tesla EVs to use the Supercharger network. It is anticipated to happen by the end of the year, although access to government subsidies is dependent on expansion to other EV charging, according to electrek
With the help of the Pilot Program, Tesla is figuring out how to provide other automakers access to the Supercharger Network in the US. The White House also stated in June that Tesla will let other automakers utilize its Supercharger network since "new Supercharger equipment" was in the works.
Arizona will host the first installation of the V4 Supercharger, which is expected to allow Supercharging for other vehicles.
As of writing, the Pilot Program is now active in a total of thirteen countries.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
