Tesla Opens 5th Supercharger Station in Austria

With yesterday's opening of the 5th Supercharger station in Austria Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has its quick charging network in Europe continued to expand . The new station is at the motorway junction Villach ( A2 + A10 ) and electrified the major routes between Salzburg and Ljubljana , Slovenia and Graz and Venice, Italy , and enables Model S drivers from North and Central Europe in time for the beginning of the summer for free to their favorite destinations on the Adriatic to travel.With a unique range of up to 502 km and a global fast charging network Tesla driver can easily and comfortably travel long distances. Supercharger are built at strategic locations and allow Model S customers driving long distances with minimal stopovers. A Supercharger charges the batteries in about 20 minutes to half again.In Europe, the main route from northern Norway have already opened up to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and the Alps by Supercharger. By the end of 2015, is the network down to the Spanish peninsula stretching to Central and Southern Italy, Eastern Europe and to Finland.Tesla has already installed worldwide more than 445 Supercharger stations with 2,473 Supercharger charging places and thus built the largest and fastest growing ended quick charging network in the world. In Europe, there are now 158 Supercharger stations with 845 charging spots. A map of the current network, see http://www.teslamotors.com/de_AT/supercharger.