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the expansion of tesla's supercharger network has slowed in recent months after massive layoffs in april hollowed out the team responsible for installing new electric vehicle chargers and stations.

data from electric vehicle analyst evadoption shows that although tesla has been working to rebuild the team, including rehiring some previously fired employees,but the number of new supercharging ports opened between may and august fell 28% from the same period last year.data shows that in the first eight months of this year, this figure fell 11% from 2023. previously, tesla received millions of dollars in government funds this summer to install new charging piles in places such as maryland and arizona.

tesla is under pressure to expand its network of fast-charging stations and open them to more drivers, including those driving non-tesla cars.ford motor and rivian automotive already have access to tesla's charging technology, and several other car companies have reached agreements to let customers use tesla's chargers, a shift that will expand the once exclusive service to a wider audience.

tesla has hit some snags in rolling out the service to other automakers this year, citing software challenges and delays in distributing the required plug-in adapters to non-tesla customers.“this has been one of the biggest challenges tesla has faced since the superchargers first launched,” said nick nigro, founder of atlas public policy, a research and consulting firm.“for them, what matters in planning resource allocation is what’s going to happen over the next 12 to 24 months — and that’s millions of drivers,” nigro said.