The Lone Star state may be warning Elon Musk “Don’t mess with Texas” thanks to its newest Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) sales ban, but Musk doesn’t exactly seem to be running scared. In fact, his company just recently erected a new Supercharger station right on Texas grounds, conveniently halfway between Austin and San Antonio and behind the San Marcos Outlet Mall.
YNN reports that the Supercharger is the first of its kind in Texas, marking just one more benchmark in Tesla’s ultimate goal of constructing charging stations that span the nation’s roads and thus allowing Model S drivers to make coast-to-coast road-trip plans without having to worry about an uncharged sedan.
As of now, there are 18 Superchargers across the country, clustered mostly on both the West and East Coast. But this new charging station, smack-dab in the heart of Texas, proves that more and more Superchargers will soon make an appearance, whether U.S. states agree with Musk’s selling
techniques or not.
Musk has his eye on Texas because the Lone Star state was the first of its kind to ban sales of the Model S within its borders. Texas lawmakers don’t like that Musk has removed the middlemen in the car-buying experience; the electric vehicle
A company that is trying to compete by streamlining a wasteful sales/negotiation process and selling direct to consumers. The HORROR!
God Bless Texas (and North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia). (sarc)
*SMDH
