Tesla could finally meet its supercharger goal if early 2018 is any indication

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• Tesla is adding more supercharger stations around the country than expected. 
• Its goal is to hit 10,000 by the end of 2018, and it’s on track to do so. 
• It had initially failed to meet the target. 
• Other electric-vehicle makers are building a lot of stations, prompting Tesla to up its number of charger stations. 

Tesla has thousands of Supercharger “locations” under construction or awaiting construction permits, Elon Musk said in a tweet responding to Kevin Mitnick’s question about Supercharger stations in California.

Electrek reported earlier this month that the addition of new Supercharger stations this year has been moving at a record pace—unlike production of Tesla’s flagship Model 3—but now it seems the company is aiming to break this record. At the beginning of the year, Electrek calculated, Tesla had 1,124 Supercharger stations. By the end of April, it had added another 121, spurred on by emerging competition.

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