rest stop operators like privately held pilot co and travelcenters of america could also benefit tesla under the new charging standards the white house said ev market leader tesla has agreed to open part of its us charging network to evs made by rivals that could help turn tesla charging sites into the universal filling station of the ev era analysts said losers tesla however the opening of teslas network also risks eroding the companys competitive edge for vehicles made by the company that currently have exclusive access to the biggest us network of highspeed superchargers analysts said ev charging companies while the charging companies get financial support in their expansion efforts only a handful of the dozen who commented to the biden administration ahead of wednesdays announcement said that they could meet the buy american standards under the proposed timelines overseas steelmakerssuppliers the requirement on domestic manufacturing will hurt overseas suppliers although the biden administration hopes that forces them to open plants in the united states as a result analysts said australias tritium on wednesday announced it will add more than 250 jobs at its tennessee charger manufacturing plant germanys siemens recently announced its second us charging manufacturing plant in texas while south koreas sk signet will open a manufacturing plant in texas the white house saidalso readtesla to open us charging network to rivals in 75 bln federal program white housetesla has 17711 superchargers accounting for about 60 percent of total us fast chargers that can add hundreds of miles of driving range in an hour or less there are also nearly 10000 destination chargers with tesla plugs that can recharge a vehicle overnight opening up access to teslas network would be a quick win for an ambitious federal program to build 500000 ev chargers by 2030 up from 130000 currentlysee more details reuters published on feb 16 2023 at 1001 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric vehicle charging stations electric vehicles volkswagen general motors joe biden tesla charging station rivian automotive homenewsindustrypotential winners and losers from the new us ev charging standards