If they are the last domino, they also have the worst negotiation position. Whatever number Tesla says will be their cost.
Not really, last thing Tesla wants is antitrust oversight for monopolistic practice.
Would be a bit ridiculous to penalise Tesla as a monopolist given they virtually pioneered the industry in America within the last generation.
This is just imagining future scenarios, but I don’t see an inherent contradiction. That’s one way to end up with a monopoly.
Sure? It’s just weird to set the precedent that opening up your standard means you’re now a monopolist.
The conversation is about what if Tesla doesn't open the standard to one company. An unlikely situation likely.
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why would Tesla be involved? NACS is an open standard
Will every car that implements a standard be able to use the Tesla Superchargers at full speed? Or would the charger decide if it trusts the car first?
Tesla wants government subsidies to build superchargers, that's the reason they pushed for NACS to become a standard (the subsidies require the chargers use a standard - right now they're doing the Magic Dock but that's an ugly hack they probably want to avoid). The rules for those subsidies will require they don't play games with who can use them.
Tesla says they can get NACS to do 1MW. If Tesla can engineer a car that can handle that, would they really be obligated to run that to any crazy hackjob that asks for it? I expect there some to be some minimum standard every car can use, then a shorter list of approved models that can handle more.
>Whatever number Tesla says will be their cost.
There's no number. They won't have to pay Tesla a dime. It's an open standard now.