GM Board Member Weighs In on Tesla EV Charging Network

Tesla's EV charging stations are set to become the industry standard as Ford and GM adopt the company's Supercharger network. Jon McNeill is currently CEO of DVx Ventures and former president of Tesla. He also currently sits on the board of GM.
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[brucec]

Mary probably tried a road trip with non-Tesla chargers and had a lightbulb moment.

[PD_]

All GM board members should resign. This is just another admission of failure by a company that outsourced most manufacturing in pursuit of quarterly profits. You folks have no real vision or plan for the future.

[rowland]

Tesla Energy is AWS for Tesla not the charging network.

[KhoaTran-xi]

LOL they are all bending the knee to Tesla now

[commuterbranchline]

I love it that ‘Mary’ thought this up all by her we self……. PMSL ROLL ON FLOOR.

[geoffreykeating]

Tesla is the new EXXON, plain and simple

[Yanquetino]

Just one correction: Superchargers are already a "revenue source" for Tesla, thanks to the recent price hike to plug in and charge. When we first bought our Model 3 in 2018, a roadtrip from Utah to visit the in-laws near Sacramento cost $77.94 at the Superchargers. Last March, we took the very same roadtrip, and the Supercharger cost was… $214.11. Only $5 less than if we'd driven a Honda Civic and paid for gas at the pump.

[daveyvane]

Yes, GM is managed by an innovative genius! Hail her brilliance!

[billnipp]

Agree……Tesla will help the transition to EV’s

[JorgeblendzHTX]

So if I have a Model3 at 5%. How much will the super charger cost me to charge completely?? And what company is Providing the electricity

[chrisboxsell]

It isn't the standard that is the problem. It is the equipment. The non Tesla chargers were not built or maintained correctly. The standard that is the plug for NA is better from Tesla but that does not make it more reliable. The charging equipment does, Tesla just did it right

[Dalisu]

The only way this really works out for GM and Ford is if they have a properly planned out Trojan horse.

[MossMini]

25% of non-Tesla chargers don't work.

There is competition

[ps]

All the charging points must switch to tesla standard

[edwardtse]

This guy avoid blinking from 0:09 to 0:30.

[vg]

This move marks the demise of GM and Ford EV pursuit...in 5 years or less they will lose their identities. VW or Toyota would not make such suicidal moves! It's like Samsung smartphones adopting Apple fire charger ports.

[natehill]

So if I have a GM eCar with CCS charging, are they going to provide me an adapter? Cause this will drive the CCS charger network out of business.

[lbowsk]

Ten to fifteen years from now, there will be an astonishing number of homes and buildings with solar arrays and battery storage attached. That's when the real money will be made. If I were a younger man, I'd be all in.

[MrMartin]

Everything GM is saying, Tesla has been laying the ground works for for years. GM board just sits back focusing on what short-sighted investors like to see/hear, and wait for the moment they cannot ignore Tesla's approach anymore. Then they publically claim they realized the importance of -x- that Tesla has been doing for years, promise they can do the same; in 5 years time and by investing billions of dollars...

Now GM thinks they can build chargers on Tesla's standards and think they can do so competitively? Tesla builds and intalls chargers for a fifth of the cost of competitors with virtually zero maintenance required afterwards...

The only play for GM right now is to try to buy affordable batteries that won't catch on fire, build acceptable trucks and bribe politicians.

[frangalarza]

No shit, they realised charging is a barrier to EV adoption. In 2023. Good leadership 👍🏼