Tesla's Supercharger Network opens up for OCPI roaming

Yes, the word is out. Tesla joined the chat and is joining the EV roaming party. This means the superchargers are opening up to the existing roaming network of all chargers in Europe. 

All Superchargers are going to be integrated in the OCPI environment where all other eMSP's and CPO's reside right now.  

'What does this mean?'  you might ask yourself.

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Well, it basically means they are going to open up even more via the Open Charge Point Interface protocol. Supporting this protocol enables Tesla to  accept the payment methods you can use at all other charging networks for years now. Networks like Fastned, Allego, Aral, EnBW, Shell and Ionity. They're accepting most RFID's of all MSP's today.

It is not really clear if they actually are going to accept RFID payments, i.e. in a kiosk setup, with a seperate column/pillar like we also did see at the first V4 SUCs, but who knows.

It is very likely that the availability status of their Superchargers and the possibility for starting and stopping will be available for all 3rd party MSP's as well. For example at all their smartphone apps, like the one you are using for your (AC) street charging.  

 

Tesla has opened up this vacancy called "Partnership Manager / Roaming Manager, Supercharging" on Linkedin where they share some details with us:

For example, this Partnership Manager / Roaming Manager will be responsible for managing their charging network's roaming partnerships, ensuring seamless connectivity and interoperability with eMobility Service Providers (eMSP). 

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furthermore this person will be responsible for onboarding new eMSP's to Tesla's platform, supporting improvements in our data exchange (OCPI roadmap).

This is great news, obviously. Next to the good news that other payment methods finally will be accepted it is very likely that SuperChargers which are closed for non-Tesla's right now are opening up somewhere in the near future. 

Of course we already knew Chargemap is accepted as payment method in the Tesla App but this means a lot more. So buckle up Tesla drivers!  Various drivers of all the other car brands are coming to your SuperChargers and that was about time. This is going to be interesting.

Stay tuned!