Chinese biz bloke builds his OWN 3,500-mile Tesla charger network Disappointed at the lack of charging stations for his Tesla S electric car in his home province, a Guangdong-based businessman has responded in typically Chinese fashion: he built his own. And not just one, either. According to English-language news site Caixin Online, 44-year-old Zong Yi used his own money to buy and install …
... Thumbs up to the guy for not just sitting there and thinking "Someone should do something", but getting off his backside and getting it done!
Of course over here he wouldn't have been able to do it without forms signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters...
I'd like him to put this stuff over here in Brazil, all over the place. Brazil north to south is about the same size as China. And no Tesla cars in sight.
For all purposes, he is just offering free eletricity, which is not illegal. Yet. Not that I heard of.
On second thought, is he using SAE J1772 plugs? I mean, not just Tesla, but your average Miev or Leaf should plug in as well. That's what I call 'privately funded incentive to using electric cars'.
I couldn't help reading this and thinking that due to the geographic location that i wouldn't be surprised if they said they were buying a boat load, got one demo device and then reverse engineer it and made their own instead... Cant really blame them if it saves a few yuan.
Although you can really have this idea without thinking about counterfeit apple chargers lol..
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