> Tesla's charging infrastrucute is a competitive advantage.
Tesla's charging network being closed is detrimental to EVs.
Closed, incompatible infrastructure is dumb infrastructure. Closed, incompatible infrastructure is backward and primitive.
As a self respecting car buyer you should actively select against brands that try to lock you in and brands that try to shut you out.
What you want is smart infrastructure. You want to demand that all brands of EV can charge on all brands of charger with no dumb charging accounts.
The good news is Tesla chargers work with non-Tesla EVs. They've been open to all EVs in Europe for years. They're open to all EVs in Australia. Tesla has even started to open them to all EVs in North America.
It works because Tesla has adopted the CCS charging standard in North America (just like Tesla was already using in Europe and Australia). NACS is CCS charging with the J3400 plug. J3400 is the third plug type CCS supports.
Here's a Kia charging on a Tesla charger in England. No dumb Tesla account, no idiot Tesla app. Contactless payment just as Nature intended: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yflZN0dLT8s
BYD is not behind Tesla in safety with full score in ANCAP and software refinements dropping every now and then OTA. The UX of the BYD is far better as well with no forced minimalism.
Tesla's software is light years ahead of any other car manufacturer.
Tesla's safety rating is better than BYD.
Just to name three.