Who Paid for California Superchargers?

[mahalingam]

An avowed EV Hater on another forum makes the following claim:

NONE of the charge stations in CA are 'paid for by Tesla'. ALL of them are paid for by the Energy Commission

Offhand this sounds like complete BS to me, but after doing some searching I can't find any solid information to refute it. Any ideas where I might find some solid proof one way or the other?

Thanks!

 

[fholbert]

An avowed EV Hater on another forum makes the following claim:



Offhand this sounds like complete BS to me, but after doing some searching I can't find any solid information to refute it. Any ideas where I might find some solid proof one way or the other?

Thanks!

Ask him to back up what he says.

Beyond that, there are some tax breaks but not 100%.

 

[RayK]

Further ask him if he's talking about the California Energy Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If he responds, "I don't know", then throw him off the bridge (Monty Python reference).

 

[mahalingam]

Ask him to back up what he says.

Yep, already did, but of course he can't. He basically said "Google it yourself."

 

[RayK]

Yep, already did, but of course he can't. He basically said "Google it yourself."

He didn't say "Duck Duck Go"? I thought all conspiracy theorists used that instead of Google.

 

[ucmndd]

Be careful arguing with tards, there’s no winning

 

[Supcom]

Yep, already did, but of course he can't. He basically said "Google it yourself."

Engaging in people like that is futile. Most foums have an ignore user function for this.

 

[fholbert]

When he said Google it, you should have said: Yea, I figured you had nothing.

Tesla says "No, thanks" to California subsidies for Supercharger projects - Charged EVs

Tesla has backed out of a deal under which the company would have received up to $6.4 million in subsidies for four huge Supercharger stations in California, due to a requirement that the chargers incorporate credit/debit card readers. Tesla was awarded the funding last September through the...

chargedevs.com

Even if Tesla accepted the $6.4M that would in no way paid for the land (lease or purchase), construction and cost of the Superchargers.

Tesla does receive federal funding for Superchargers, typically gets less per site than other charging companies simply because mass production makes the Supercharger cheaper. Tesla has received 13% or $17M of the federal EV charging awards (3/20/2023).

 

[mahalingam]

When he said Google it, you should have said: Yea, I figured you had nothing.

Tesla says "No, thanks" to California subsidies for Supercharger projects - Charged EVs

Tesla has backed out of a deal under which the company would have received up to $6.4 million in subsidies for four huge Supercharger stations in California, due to a requirement that the chargers incorporate credit/debit card readers. Tesla was awarded the funding last September through the...

chargedevs.com

Even if Tesla accepted the $6.4M that would in no way paid for the land (lease or purchase), construction and cost of the Superchargers.

Tesla does receive federal funding for Superchargers, typically gets less per site than other charging companies simply because mass production makes the Supercharger cheaper. Tesla has received 13% or $17M of the federal EV charging awards (3/20/2023).

That is awesome - thank you!!

And yeah, when he said that my response was basically "since you can't produce any actual evidence I am forced to assume your claim is complete BS." But it will be oh so nice to also prove him wrong.