Tesla said Saturday that it brought its 7,000th Supercharger online in the Chinese mainland. The company installed its first Supercharger in China in Shanghai in April 2014.
Tesla's latest Supercharger, now in its third generation, debuts in 2019 and can support up to 250kW of peak charging power. Some Model 3 models can be charged for 15 minutes to replenish up to about 250 kilometers of range.
In August this year, Tesla V3 Supercharger stations were added in Shanghai, Tianjin, Yantai, Heze, Tengzhou, Lvliang, Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing.
To date, Tesla has more than 900 supercharging stations in the Chinese mainland.
Rather than relying on third-party charging networks as most automakers do, Tesla has developed its own charging network from the beginning.
In the decade since the first charging station was deployed, Tesla has built more than 2,700 charging stations with over 25,000 Superchargers worldwide.
Tesla's Supercharger network is for its own electric vehicles only and is not open to the public. However, this situation will change in the future.
Tesla will open the Supercharger network to other electric cars within the year, the company's CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter late last month.
Musk also added that Tesla's charging network will be open to other brands in all countries in the future.
Tesla sold 32,968 cars wholesale in China in July, of which 24,347 were for export, according to data recently released by the China Passenger Car Association.
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