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LA to NY on Superchargers: promised 2013, delivered late

Elon Musk promised a Supercharger route from LA to New York by the end of 2013. It happened, but 27 days late.

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“By the end of this year, you'll be able to drive from L.A. to New York just using the Supercharger network, which charges at five times the rate of anything else.”
— Elon Musk · Feb 27, 2013 · TED 2013 — 'The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity' (Chris Anderson interview) 6:17 ↗
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What actually happened

Tesla completed its first coast-to-coast Supercharger corridor in late January 2014, about a month after the end-of-2013 target. A father-daughter pair completed the first LA-NY trip on the network in January 2014, and Tesla ran an official cross-country rally days later. TechCrunch — Tesla Completes First Coast-To-Coast Supercharger Route ↗

The Progression

Feb 27, 2013
The promise: “By the end of this year, you'll be able to drive from L.A. to New York just using the Supercharger network, which charges at five times the rate of anything else.” · TED 2013 — 'The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity' (Chris Anderson interview) 6:17 ↗
Jan 27, 2014
Delivered · Late — 27 days late. Tesla completed its first coast-to-coast Supercharger corridor in late January 2014, about a month after the end-of-2013 target. A father-daughter pair completed the first LA-NY trip on the network in January 2014, and Tesla ran an official cross-country rally days later. TechCrunch — Tesla Completes First Coast-To-Coast Supercharger Route ↗
Today · Oct 14, 2026
Status: Delivered · Late · 27 days late. It happened — eventually.

In February 2013 Tesla's Supercharger network covered only California, Nevada and the Boston-DC corridor. Musk promised a transcontinental route within the year. The coast-to-coast corridor was energized in late January 2014, narrowly missing the deadline.

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Superchargers cover North America and Europe by end of 2014

“Just like Superchargers alone, we're aiming to have essentially all of North America covered in detail by the end of next year ... we expect to be able to travel anywhere in Europe, or at least Western Europe and many parts of Eastern Europe by the end of next year.”
Elon Musk · said Nov 5, 2013 · due Dec 31, 2014 · Tesla Q3 2013 earnings call transcript, 2013-11-05 ↗ · #360

What happened: Tesla grew from 64 to about 334 Supercharger stations in 2014 (141 in North America) and main corridors were covered, but large areas of North America and most of Eastern Europe had none. CleanTechnica, Dec 30 2014: 141 North American Supercharger stations ↗

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