{"id":204076,"date":"2021-10-05T20:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/morocco-gets-its-first-electric-car-charging-stations-by-tesla-motors-a-first-in-africa?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-10-05T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:05:48","slug":"morocco-gets-its-first-electric-car-charging-stations-by-tesla-motors-a-first-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/morocco-gets-its-first-electric-car-charging-stations-by-tesla-motors-a-first-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco gets its first electric car Charging Stations by Tesla Motors a first in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/e88054e51ad9a78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/e88054e51ad9a78\" alt=\"Embassy of Morocco in South Africa\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/e88054e51ad9a78\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Electric car manufacturer Tesla has installed its first charging stations in Morocco, the first in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The two installations comprise the first charging stations in Africa, where Tesla&rsquo;s emergence has been slow, despite founder Elon Musk being South African by birth.<\/p>\n<p>Innovative electric car manufacturer Tesla is making its way to Africa by quietly installing its first &ldquo;supercharger&rdquo; charging stations in Morocco. While international businesses usually announce such moves through elaborate press releases and glitzy events, Tesla chose to simply install the stations without any notice.<\/p>\n<p>Africa&rsquo;s first supercharger stations were spotted in Tangier, near the main highway that connects Morocco&rsquo;s major cities on the Atlantic coast. The company installed four supercharger stations capable of delivering 150kW near the Tangier Al Houara Hilton Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The second set of superchargers was installed at the Onomo Hotel in Casablanca, with a similar set of four 150kW charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>The two installations comprise the first charging stations in Africa, where Tesla&rsquo;s emergence has been slow, despite founder Elon Musk being South African by birth. The two stations will make Tesla cars a feasible option for up-market customers who regularly travel between Tangier, a busy trade hub in Morocco&rsquo;s north, to Casablanca, the country&rsquo;s main economic center.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of charging stations had made Tesla cars a rarity in Africa, where the only charging options consisted of &ldquo;Tesla connectors&rdquo; at some hotels and private residences. These connectors deliver up to 22kW, a typical setup for home charging.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of charging stations, Tesla cars are already a wanted commodity in Africa, although not an option for long-distance driving. The emergence of two official charging stations in Morocco is likely to see a rapid growth in interest in electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of Morocco in South Africa.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Electric car manufacturer Tesla has installed its first charging stations in Morocco, the first in Africa. The two installations comprise the first charging stations in Africa, where Tesla&rsquo;s emergence has been slow, despite founder Elon Musk being South African by birth. Innovative electric car manufacturer Tesla is making its way to Africa by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-204076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/morocco-gets-its-first-electric-car-charging-stations-by-tesla-motors-a-first-in-africa.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}