Tesla’s small dominance in Iceland expands with Supercharger V3 ramp
Tesla plans to build more Supercharger V3 stations in Iceland and further strengthen the subtle dominance of the electric car manufacturer on the island. According to the Icelandic news agency, Tesla will open a new supercharging station in Staðarskáli in Hrútafjörður this week.
The Tesla chargers that open this week will have 250kW booths, which indicates that the units will be V3 superchargers. This is the first time that V3 superchargers have been installed in Iceland. The Tesla Supercharger V3 is 70% more powerful than other charging booths currently available in the country. mbl.is.
So far, Tesla has two Supercharger stations open in Iceland. Two V2 Supercharger stalls are at Krókháls 13 and four at Kringlumýrarbraut in Reykjavík.
EV amateur Alex Voigt recently found out that Tesla has a “dominant voice” in Iceland. “Soon you can reach all the places on it with a [Long Range Model 3] just using Superchargers, “he wrote. The territory of Iceland covers 103,000 sq km (39,769 sq miles), covering only 490 km (304 miles) from east to west and 312 km (194 miles) from north to south. Based on these measurements, Tesla could cross Iceland in one charge, under the best conditions.
Iceland’s new Supercharger stations still make it worth owning Tesla. With updated charging infrastructure, Tesla could easily dominate the electric car sector in Iceland even more. An economical charge rate (free for some Model S and Model X) would easily match that of gas stations.
In 2019, the owner of Tesla @ATEslaInICEland published a video of the first Tesla Supercharger installed in Iceland. According to the Model S owner, this was a mobile supercharger. Ole Gudbrann Hempel, who oversees the growth of Tesla’s Nordic charging stations, said ViðskiptaMoggan that Tesla plans to install more superchargers in the future.
A quick search through Tesla website revealed the location of the news Supercharger stations coming in the future. Tesla will build Supercharger stations in Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Klaustur and Stað. The based on opening days registered for the V3 supercharging station in Akureyri and Egilsstaðir are both 2020. The other two Supercharger locations based on opening dates have not been specified.
In 2018, Elon Musk said he would accelerate Tesla’s growth in Iceland after @ATeslaInICEland informed him that the island had more electric car sales than Denmark and Finland in 2017. The owner of Model S also pointed out that Iceland was a nation of only 350,000 people. which emphasizes the scope of the electric car sector in the country.
Musk did not disappoint. In September 2019, Tesla opened its first sales and service center in Iceland in Reykjavík. By the end of the first quarter of 2020, Tesla had become the top car brand on the island and was better against Toyota and Volkswagen, according to InsideEVs.
Watch a test of Tesla’s Supercharger system in Iceland in the video below.
