Measured by revenue less cost of operations (opex) and cost to carry capex (interest or opportunity cost) is there any proof that non-Tesla DC fast chargers are making any money from charging? Breaking even?
If they are, why aren’t more companies getting into installing chargers for profit?
If they aren’t, how do we ever get to sustainable, operational infrastructure that meets consumer expectations like the gas stations they’re used to?
I don’t care about whether Tesla is or isn’t profitable with their superchargers. They are executing regardless. They’re rapidly installing new chargers. They repair their chargers. Their chargers work. So whether they’re doing what they’re doing and losing or making money doesn’t matter much. They’re doing it.
Others really aren’t. I wanted to discuss whether profitability (or lack thereof) was the potential motive for not expanding, not repairing, and not caring. Or why others aren’t aggressively swooping in to claim territory and carve out more than their fair share.