> money is not the objective

What is the objective in your opinion?

A shockingly useful, working, and reliable nationwide supercharger network. Take the pun.

I hope the charging stations aren't shocking people

So money is the objective, but with extra steps ;)

If money was the objective, they would have vending machines and unskippable ads on superchargers. Monetizing EV charging would be a complete disaster, and Tesla can always leverage it years and years after the adoptions are complete.

> If money was the objective, they would have vending machines and unskippable ads on superchargers.

Perhaps. Or maybe they decided that having ads would cheapen their brand and hurt sales in the long term.

The ads will come once (if) Tesla matures. Mass adoption comes first.

Kinda like how there's ads on the home screen of certain products, but other companies may opt to forgo them for a more premium experience that keeps customers coming back and paying them long-term subscription fees?

Money was always the objective, hell it's even their legal duty, and shareholders could sue if you claimed otherwise.

Some companies just choose to look further than the next quarter ahead with their plan to get that money.

Capture the market first, and only then monetize full tilt until the experience is unbearably bad. The shareholders will love it!

Money is __a__ objective not __the__ objective.

Opening them up was part of NEVI grants, no?

That is a separate deal from the NACS adoption deals as it involved adding CCS to the superchargers.

They're not getting NEVI grant money for opening it up via NACS?

No.

I thought that was only for the "magic dock" stations?