54 Tesla Supercharger Statistics on Network Scale, Growth and Coverage

Tesla Supercharger statistics show a global network that expanded from 1,421 stations and 12,002 connectors at year-end 2018 to 7,377 stations and 70,228 connectors at Q2 2025. The measures below distinguish company-reported global counts from U.S. public-charging snapshots and AFDC database metadata.

Key Tesla Supercharger Statistics

The most useful headline measures are:

  • 7,377 Supercharger stations worldwide were reported by Tesla at the end of Q2 2025.
  • 70,228 Supercharger connectors worldwide were reported by Tesla at the end of Q2 2025.
  • 1,421 global Supercharger stations were reported by Tesla at year-end 2018.
  • 12,002 global Supercharger connectors were reported by Tesla at year-end 2018.
  • 6,975 global Supercharger stations were reported by Tesla at the end of Q4 2024.
  • 65,495 global Supercharger connectors were reported by Tesla at the end of Q4 2024.
  • 14% year-over-year station growth appeared in Tesla’s Q1 2025 operational table for the global Supercharger network.
  • 17% year-over-year connector growth appeared in Tesla’s Q1 2025 operational table for the global Supercharger network.
  • 61.2% of public DC fast-charging ports were attributed to Tesla Supercharger in the AFDC Q4 2023 comparison.
  • 60.4% of public DC fast-charging ports were attributed to Tesla Supercharger in the AFDC Q1 2024 comparison.
  • 13,485 Tesla DC fast-charging plugs appeared in the DOE’s U.S. network snapshot dated May 6, 2022.
  • 1,334 Tesla DC fast-charging stations appeared in the DOE’s U.S. network snapshot dated May 6, 2022.
  • 20 billion EV charging miles had used Tesla’s charging connector by November 2022, according to Tesla’s cumulative statement for North America.
  • Up to 1 MW of DC charging power was the maximum capability Tesla stated for the connector in November 2022.
  • 41,699 Tesla Supercharger ports were listed by AFDC in Canada and the United States in a network-table snapshot with a September 15, 2026 last import.
  • 16,231 Tesla Destination ports were listed by AFDC in Canada and the United States in a separate August 27, 2026 network-table import.

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Historical Global Tesla Supercharger Scale

Tesla’s official operational summaries provide year-end global counts for both stations and connectors. A station is a site, while a connector is an individual charging position, so the two series describe different aspects of network scale.

Period Stations Connectors
Year-end 2018 1,421 12,002
Year-end 2019 1,821 16,104
Year-end 2020 2,564 23,277
Year-end 2021 3,476 31,498
Year-end 2022 4,678 42,419

Source: Tesla Q4 2022 Vehicle Production & Deliveries and Operational Summary. These are Tesla operational-summary counts, measured globally at each year-end; they are not independent utilization estimates.

The historical series shows the network’s reported scale at five successive year-ends. It should not be read as a count of charging sessions, energy delivered, or unique drivers.

Tesla Supercharger Quarterly Growth Data

Tesla’s later operational summaries switch the comparison into quarter-end observations. The Q3 2023 through Q3 2024 sequence captures the reported network trajectory over five consecutive quarter ends.

Quarter end Global stations Global connectors
Q3 2023 5,595 51,105
Q4 2023 5,952 54,892
Q1 2024 6,249 57,579
Q2 2024 6,473 59,596
Q3 2024 6,706 62,421

Source: Tesla Q3 2024 Operational Summary. The figures are Tesla-reported quarter-end global counts.

The sequence records 5,595 stations and 51,105 connectors at Q3 2023 end, rising to 6,706 stations and 62,421 connectors at Q3 2024 end. Because the source reports snapshots rather than monthly observations, it does not show the timing of openings within each quarter.

Tesla Supercharger Expansion in 2024 and 2025

The next operational-summary extract extends the series through Q2 2025. It also preserves Tesla’s own year-over-year growth labels from the Q1 2025 operational table.

Quarter end Global stations Global connectors
Q4 2024 6,975 65,495
Q1 2025 7,131 67,316
Q2 2025 7,377 70,228

Source: Tesla Q1 2025 Operational Summary. Q2 2025 is identified in the supplied Tesla operational-summary extract; all figures are global quarter-end company counts.

Tesla’s Q1 2025 operational table shows 14% year-over-year growth for stations and 17% year-over-year growth for connectors. Those percentages are Tesla-reported comparisons and are not independently recalculated here.

The Q2 2025 observation is a network-scale measure, not a forecast. It also does not establish how many sites were open to every vehicle type, how busy they were, or how much electricity they delivered.

Tesla Supercharger Share of U.S. Public Fast Charging

U.S. comparisons require careful definitions because the DOE and AFDC sources use public charging categories, ports or plugs, and database snapshots. These measures are not equivalent to Tesla’s global operational-summary counts.

In the DOE’s May 6, 2022 U.S. snapshot, Tesla DC fast charging had 1,334 stations and 13,485 plugs. Tesla DC fast-charging plugs were up 43% from January 2021 in that snapshot.

U.S. public charging category Stations Plugs Period
Tesla DC fast charging 1,334 13,485 May 6, 2022
Other public DC fast-charging networks 4,804 9,943 May 6, 2022
Total public DC fast charging 6,138 23,428 May 6, 2022
Tesla Level 2 charging 4,436 14,677 May 6, 2022

Source: United States Public EV Charging Infrastructure. The “other” row excludes the separately listed Tesla DC fast-charging row, while Tesla Level 2 is a separate category and is not Supercharger DC fast charging.

The same DOE snapshot reported 27% growth from January 2021 for non-Tesla public DC fast-charging plugs. That comparison describes reported plug growth, not charging demand or utilization.

AFDC’s network comparison gave Tesla Supercharger 61.2% of public DC fast EV charging ports in Q4 2023. In Q1 2024, Tesla’s share was 60.4%, while Electrify America represented 10.0% and ChargePoint represented 7.2% in that comparison.

Sources: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Trends from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator: Fourth Quarter 2023 and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Trends from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator: First Quarter 2024. These are AFDC network-coverage classifications and port shares, not shares of station utilization, revenue, electricity, or ownership.

Tesla Supercharger Network Mix, Coverage and Connector Technology

Tesla’s November 2022 description of the North American Charging System combines cumulative use, maximum capability and a comparative network claim. These measures have different meanings and should not be treated as fleet-wide averages.

  • Tesla said its charging connector had been used for more than 20 billion EV charging miles by November 2022 in North America.
  • Tesla stated that the connector supports up to 1 MW of DC charging.
  • Tesla said its network had 60% more NACS posts than all CCS-equipped networks combined in November 2022.

Source: Opening the North American Charging System. The mileage is cumulative and is not a Supercharger-session count; the 1 MW figure is a maximum stated capability, not average delivered power; and the post comparison is Tesla-reported rather than a utilization measure.

The DOE’s May 2022 presentation described Superchargers as typically supporting 150–250 kW per port. Individual hardware, vehicle state of charge, temperature, site demand and operating conditions can vary, so this typical range should not be rewritten as a fleet-wide output average.

AFDC categorized Tesla Supercharger as predominantly or completely DC fast charging in its Q4 2023 network-level discussion. AFDC also excluded ChargePoint from that network-composition figure because its network size skewed the graph; this is a figure-scope rule, not a Tesla network measurement.

Tesla’s NACS design was recognized in an SAE J3400 recommended practice by September 30, 2024. That is a standardization milestone and does not count deployed Supercharger stations or connectors.

Tesla Supercharger Availability and AFDC Inventory

AFDC’s network table provides a later Canada-and-United-States inventory snapshot, but its dates refer to database imports and metadata. They should not be substituted for Tesla’s global operational-summary counts.

AFDC listed 41,699 Tesla Supercharger charging ports in Canada and the United States in a network-table record with a September 15, 2026 last import. AFDC lists the Tesla Supercharger network as added to the Station Locator on January 20, 2015, which is database metadata rather than a station commissioning date.

For comparison, AFDC listed 16,231 Tesla Destination charging ports in Canada and the United States in a separate record with an August 27, 2026 last import. Tesla Destination is separate from Supercharger DC fast charging, and AFDC lists that network as added to the Station Locator on August 13, 2018.

Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center: Electric Vehicle Charging Networks. The AFDC figures describe a database snapshot whose port count depends on imported network data; the future-dated import metadata is retained exactly as listed and is not presented as a historical operating measurement.

These inventory figures also illustrate why Tesla Supercharger statistics need a defined population and period. A global company count, a U.S. public-port share, and a Canada-and-United-States AFDC database row answer different questions even when they use similar words such as stations, connectors, plugs or ports.

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