The Supercharger network was introduced on September 24, 2012, as the Tesla Model S entered production, with five sites in California.

The network is primarily deployed in three regions: Asia Pacific (over 2,800 stations), North America (over 2,800), and Europe (over 1,300).

Tesla typically places Superchargers near major highways at locations with amenities for drivers, such as restrooms, restaurants, and shopping.

[4] The original V1 and V2 Tesla supercharging stations were built with a single charger equipment cabinet consisting of four modules shared between two charge posts.

[5] As an alternative to the Supercharger, in 2015, Tesla briefly implemented a battery swapping station at Harris Ranch in California.

These more compact posts are primarily deployed in urban areas such as shopping malls, parking lots, and garages.

In practice, in most cases, this allows each post to deliver maximum power regardless of nearby charging sessions.

When a CCS-equipped vehicle driver reserves a charger via the Tesla mobile app, the Magic Dock releases the NACS to CCS adapter.

[20] The Magic Dock allows Tesla to qualify for U.S. federal government incentives totaling $7.5 billion to build out CCS-equipped charging infrastructure.

)[41][42][43] In May 2024, it was reported that Tesla had laid off its entire Supercharger team, including its head, Rebecca Tinucci.

[56] The first Superchargers in the world opened in 2012 in the United States, with the company initially focusing on high-traffic corridors.

The first five stations enabled travel between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe in California and Las Vegas, Nevada.

[69][70] Soon after, two stations were installed along Interstate 95 in Connecticut and Delaware, enabling trips between Boston, New York and Washington, DC.

[75][76] In January 2014, the first coast-to-coast corridor was completed: from Los Angeles to Chicago via South Dakota, then to New York City.

[77] Supercharging stations were available in Canada along Ontario Highway 401 and Quebec Autoroute 20 corridor between Toronto and Montreal by 2014.

[78] As of January 2025[update], the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico) has over 2,500 Supercharging sites with nearly 30,000 stalls, more than any other nation in the world.

[56] In early 2015, the first European Supercharger was upgraded with a 'solar canopy' (a carport with solar cells on the roof) in Køge, Denmark.

[84] In 2015, the European Supercharger network was planned to allow a Model S to drive from the North Cape (near Honningsvåg) in Norway to Istanbul, Turkey or Lisbon, Portugal.

[88] Tesla started testing the charging of non-Tesla cars in the Netherlands in 2021[89] and in Norway in early 2022 on 15 large un-congested stations with CCS2.

[90] Tesla opened new stations for non-Tesla cars in several countries in 2022, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

[56] As of January 2025[update], other countries with Superchargers include South Korea with 166 sites, Japan with 125, Australia with 108, Taiwan with 107, New Zealand with 28, Thailand with 27, Malaysia with 13, Singapore with 11, Kazakhstan with 2 and the Philippines with 1.