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Tesla Supercharger: the largest fast-charging network
How the Supercharger network works as a business: U.S. share, site size, member and non-member pricing, Supercharger for Business, NACS and why charging profit is not reported separately.
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The short answer
- Tesla builds the cars, the chargers and the network. AFDC lists 3,294 public U.S. Supercharger sites with 40,331 ports, 51% of all public DC fast ports, averaging 12.2 ports per site (AFDC).
- Its share is shrinking as others build. Tesla still added the most U.S. fast ports in Q3 2026 (1,287), but its share of all U.S. fast-charging ports fell from 54.3% to 49.3% over the year (Paren).
- Non-Tesla drivers pay more unless they buy a membership. The Q3 2026 average was $0.569 per kWh for non-members and $0.396 for members; Tesla’s non-member price rose 15% over the year (Paren). At those averages, the $12.99 monthly membership breaks even at about 75 kWh a month (DCFC Tracker).
- Charging revenue is not broken out. Tesla reports it inside “services and other,” which also includes insurance, parts and used cars; that segment earned a record $734 million gross profit in Q3 2026 (Tesla Q3 2026 update).
Role in the value chain
Tesla’s role in the charging value chain
Solid = performs this stage. Dashed = shares it with partners. Gray = left to others.
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Network size and where it is
Worldwide, Tesla ended Q3 2026 with 8,904 Supercharger stations and 84,465 connectors, up 15% and 14% from a year earlier (Tesla Q3 2026 update). In the U.S., California has 11,677 public Supercharger ports in AFDC, followed by Florida (3,084) and Texas (3,053).
New U.S. Supercharger sites averaged 13.1 ports in Q3 2026, and Tesla now has 42 sites with 487 ports rated at 500 kW (Paren).
Public DC fast-charging ports by network
Open public ports in the United States. Tesla Supercharger highlighted.
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Tesla Supercharger ports by listed open year, U.S.
Public ports in AFDC today, grouped by each station’s listed open date.
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How drivers pay
Tesla sets prices per site and often by hour, and shows them in its app and car navigation. Idle fees of $0.50 a minute apply once a site is at least half full, doubling at full occupancy, and a separate congestion fee can apply at busy sites once a car passes roughly 80–90% charge (ChargeCostLab).
Non-Tesla EVs pay the higher non-member price by default. A membership at $12.99 a month gives them the member price; DCFC Tracker’s monthly reports put break-even between about 68 and 77 kWh a month in 2026 (DCFC Tracker).
Monthly Supercharging cost for a non-Tesla EV, with and without membership
At Q3 2026 average prices. Break-even is about 75 kWh a month.
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Business economics
Tesla does not report Supercharger revenue or profit separately. “Services and other” revenue grew 33% to $4.6 billion in Q3 2026, and gross profit in that segment reached a record $734 million, a 15.9% margin, driven by charging, insurance and parts (Tesla Q3 2026 update).
The network is part of what Tesla offers with its vehicles, and selling charging to other brands spreads the network’s fixed costs over more sessions.
Connectors and the NACS shift
Tesla’s connector became the SAE J3400 standard, known as NACS, and most automakers now build or adapt vehicles for it. Non-Tesla networks installed NACS on 23% of new ports in Q3 2026, a share that has been flat for three quarters, and NACS is 9% of the installed non-Tesla base (Paren). In AFDC, 9% of Supercharger sites also list a CCS connector, such as Magic Dock.
What it means
Membership math
Non-Tesla drivers who use Superchargers more than about 75 kWh a month at average prices save with the membership; lighter users do not.
Supercharger for Business
Businesses can buy Tesla-built and Tesla-operated stalls that appear in Tesla navigation; the host carries the capital cost.
Big sites, big peaks
Sites of 12 or more ports at up to 500 kW need large service connections. Make-ready programs and demand-charge design shape where they go.
About this profile
U.S. network counts are AFDC public stations; Tesla’s worldwide counts are from its Q3 2026 update (Tesla). The membership break-even divides the $12.99 fee by the gap between average non-member and member prices.
Network counts are public, open stations in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) station data, downloaded October 25, 2026 (AFDC station API). AFDC lists each charging location as a station and counts ports by type; company totals can differ because companies count private, fleet and partner-branded ports and use different definitions of a stall or port.
Fast-charging prices, utilization and reliability are from Paren’s Q3 2026 U.S. fast-charging report, which tracks more than 98% of U.S. DC fast ports. Prices are averages; the price at a given site and hour can be far from the average.
Company revenue, margin and loss figures are as reported by each company and are not adjusted. Figures checked October 25, 2026.
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