EVwire Brief: Alpharetta City, Georgia, goes down in history as the first US public body (and first in the world, really) to deploy Tesla Superchargers through their third-party Supercharger for Business program.
The four 325kW city-branded Superchargers are deployed next to the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety on Old Milton Parkway, and available to both the two Tesla Model Ys in the Alpharetta City police department fleet, and to the public.
Here is a screengrab and a video from March 8th, right after the launch of the site, with Rocco Rides Tesla charging his Model Y right next to the Model Y in the police fleet (on the right):
There is one pull-in handicap stall and three regular stalls. The police officer told Rocco that the chargers were actually ready to use already two days before the announcement.
The officer also told him that before the Superchargers next to the department, they were using the slower chargers in the back, likely Level 2, and they weren’t utilizing the Tesla Superchargers in the area.
Here’s a closer look at one of the police Model Ys parked at the dept four months ago:
From the filing back in October discovered by @MarcoRPi1, we saw that the project is also “designed to generate economic returns” on purpose, to offset the capital investment costs for the City.
More to come from Supercharging for Business
The recent launch of Supercharger for Business seems to have gotten a strong start, where any third party can purchase Superchargers and Tesla’s service that comes with it, and launch on their own terms while reaping the benefits of ultra-reliability and also discoverability in Tesla’s charging network. Just recently, we’ve seen Tesla Superchargers deployed with (links to our reporting):
Suncoast Charging, beautifully wrapped Superchargers in Florida.
Pie Safe bakery in Deary, Idaho
In California, bp Pulse installing 750kW MCS Megachargers
Francis Energy in Oklahoma with larger plans
Wawa now deploying their own Superchargers
Pilot J building a Megacharging network jointly with Tesla
Suncoast Charging animal wraps
The Pie Safe Bakery
🎩 hat tip to @TheElectricJay for bringing this new charging location to our attention!
Sources: Tesla Charging
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