Today you can charge your electric car for free at any Tesla Supercharger in Europe.

Tesla announced on Tuesday, August 29 that from 9 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on the same day all electric vehicles will be able to charge for free on any of the Superchargers which the company distributed throughout Europe.

The reason for this move is none other than celebrating a decade of the Tesla charging network in Europe, which launched in 2013 in Norway with the first six Superchargers. The same network now spans 36 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with more than 1,000,000 stations and 13,000 individual Supercharger stations, according to the brand.

The brand indicates that in order to take advantage of the tip, The download session should start between 9:00 am and 11:59 pm CET on 29 August.. This promotion will be valid in Supercharger located in Spain, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland. , Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Electric vehicles made by other brands will also be able to charge on the aforementioned Tesla Supercharger devices for free today.

Tesla Supercharger network continues to expand and improve

In Europe, the Tesla charging network provides power up to 250 kWalthough what EV owners value most is the reliability of an infrastructure that is up and running 99.95% of the time, according to the brand itself.

In 2021, the brand began to gradually open its network of charging stations, which allowed owners of electric vehicles of another brand to use its network. About two years later, more than 70% of Supercharger (more than 9200 outlets and 660 stations) were upgraded for this purpose.

Looking ahead Tesla begins installation of first V4 superchargers, the main novelty of which is an increase in maximum power up to 350 kW. It should also be noted that there are terminals for paying by card in the charger itself. Thus, there is no need to install the Tesla app to use the charging network, and the process is greatly simplified.