This is a guest post by Nikhil Chaudhary.
Nikhil, an MSc Math with CS grad, has been running Tesla Club India, an enthusiastic pan India not for profit EV community supporting all EVs and renewable energy. Nikhil has been running the community as a hobby for the past seven years. Tesla Club India does deep research on the EV industry, asks the tough questions and supports community causes.
P.S. : I’ve been a co host of Tesla Club India’s podcast on the EV ecosystem. Check it out.
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On July 15, 2025, Tesla officially entered the Indian market with the launch of its Mumbai Experience Center and the Model Y mid-size SUV. Alongside this, Tesla announced eight Supercharger locations across the country. Since then, the company has opened its Delhi Experience Center and has already made two Supercharger stations operational, even before deliveries have begun!
So, let’s talk about the world’s largest CPO (Charge Point Operator). What exactly are Superchargers? How do they work? And what makes Tesla’s approach different?
We will cover the following subtopics today
How it started
On September 24, 2012, Tesla introduced its Supercharger network with just six locations in California. At that time, Tesla was selling the Model S, its first luxury electric sedan, still one of the sleekest EVs on the road today.
The technology at the heart of the Supercharger was developed internally and leverages the economies of scale of existing charging technology already used by the Model S, enabling Tesla to create the Supercharger device at minimal cost. (cont)
The six California locations unveiled today are just the beginning. By next year, we plan to install Superchargers in high traffic corridors across the continental United States, enabling fast, purely electric travel from Vancouver to San Diego, Miami to Montreal and Los Angeles to New York. Tesla will also begin installing Superchargers in Europe and Asia in the second half of 2013. (cont)
Tesla's Supercharger network is a game changer for electric vehicles, providing long distance travel that has a level of convenience equivalent to gasoline cars for all practical purposes. However, by making electric long distance travel at no cost, an impossibility for gasoline cars, Tesla is demonstrating just how fundamentally better electric transport can be," said Elon Musk, Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO. "We are giving Model S the ability to drive almost anywhere for free on pure sunlight.
- via Tesla Motors Press release dated 24 Sept 2012
In 2012, there were no set standards, no charging networks, and no major CPOs willing to take on the challenge at scale. Elon decided to make it happen and changed the EV landscape forever.
Evolution of Tesla Superchargers
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