I’m an entrepreneur based in LA and recently moved from a house with a Tesla charger to an apartment in WeHo without a charging station.
I’ve realized there’s a large gap for fast charging in the West LA area. There’s only one Supercharger in WeHo (plans to build a second but unclear on timeline).
I’m curious what the viability is to set up a new fast charging station. I’m still in the research phase (talking EV Box to get a better understanding of startup costs etc) but curious if anyone here has first hand experience.
This area is very underserved - many apartments tons of Tesla & EVs.
One of the largest limiting factors is getting a transformer. What would probably happen is you would finally navigate the permitting, siting, design, delivery of the equipment and finally service hookup… only to find that Tesla already has a supercharger operating for 6 months.
Tesla runs the supercharger network because they have to in order to make their cars viable. Nobody is making money off charging stations. And if there isn’t a charger somewhere yet from Tesla there is probably a reason.