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Musk says Tesla will spend $500 million on expanding its Supercharger network in 2024

The news comes just a week after Tesla laid off the majority of its Supercharger team.

May 10, 2024 8:05 AM

Tesla’s Supercharger network is one of the most successful aspects of its business and a major reason why it has such a foothold on the electric vehicle industry. As Tesla sets its game plan for 2024, CEO Elon Musk says that the company will spend “well over” $500 million on expanding its Supercharger network this year.

Elon Musk tweeted the news about Tesla’s Supercharger plans in the early morning hours of today. “Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over $500M expanding our Supercharger network to create thousands of NEW chargers this year,” he wrote. “That’s just on new sites and expansions, not counting operations costs, which are much higher.”

A close up shot of a Tesla Supercharging station. — Source: Tesla

Interestingly, this announcement comes less than two weeks after it was discovered that Tesla laid off nearly all of its Supercharger team. After that news came out, Elon Musk stated that Tesla still had plans to grow its Supercharger network.

With Tesla heavily invested in expanding its Supercharger network in 2024, we’ll be watching closely to see what steps the company takes. Stick with Shacknews for everything Tesla.

Donovan Erskine

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Donovan is a journalist from Maryland. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge film fanatic and will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_

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May 10, 2024 8:05 AM

Donovan Erskine posted a new article, Musk says Tesla will spend $500 million on expanding its Supercharger network in 2024
- EvilDolemite
  
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  May 10, 2024 8:15 AM
  
  Is it just me or does that not seem like very much?
- redshak
  
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  May 10, 2024 8:40 AM
  
  The entire supercharger team was fired. Gone. So this is just bullshit. There's nobody to do the work
  - railchu
    
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    May 10, 2024 8:51 AM
    
    Don’t forget all the work that was already done Jan-May
  - redfive
    
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    May 10, 2024 9:02 AM
    
    This just means that they will buy other networks
- RikiTiki2
  
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  May 10, 2024 8:58 AM
  
  Man says a lot of things
  - the man with the briefcase
    
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    May 10, 2024 9:29 AM
    
    Yes. We like to report on them so we can point back to these articles when/if he lies.
- greenbergMD
  
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  May 10, 2024 9:14 AM
  
  There were rumors yesterday that BP was in talks with them to buy the network from them. So which is it?!
  - FlatlineDixay
    
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    May 10, 2024 10:00 AM
    
    Firing the entire supercharger team on a whim is a pretty concrete action, while claiming that you’re going to expand the network is vibrations in the air, so…
  - redfive
    
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    May 10, 2024 10:53 AM
    
    That article was poorly written and Bloomberg changed the headline. BP is just looking to expand their network. Nothing to do with Tesla.
- FirstPersonCooter
  
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  May 10, 2024 10:21 AM
  
  Cat wants to go inside now