Tesla Opens Supercharger Intelligence to Google Maps Users Worldwide

Google Maps now displays live Tesla Supercharger availability across North America and Europe, giving all EV drivers access to real-time charging data that was previously exclusive to Tesla owners. Tesla’s Charging account confirmed the integration on November 11, 2025, marking a significant expansion of the company’s charging ecosystem beyond its walled garden.

The feature shows exactly how many stalls are available at each Supercharger location—displayed as simple ratios like “6/8” or “11/12″—directly within Google Maps listings. This same information has been available to Tesla drivers through their in-car navigation and mobile app for years, but extending it to Google Maps opens the data to anyone planning EV trips, regardless of what brand they drive.

Real-Time Data Solves Critical EV Pain Point

The integration addresses one of the most frustrating aspects of EV ownership: arriving at a charging station only to find every stall occupied. According to research from Harvard’s Salata Institute, real-time charging availability data could boost electric vehicle sales by up to 8% by reducing range anxiety among prospective buyers.

When EV drivers search for a Supercharger in Google Maps, they’ll see the total number of charging stalls at each location alongside current availability. The feature works identically to what Tesla provides in its own navigation system, but now it’s accessible to drivers of any brand—from Chevrolet Bolts to Ford Mustang Mach-Es to Rivian trucks.

Apple Maps has also integrated the same feature, though currently only for Supercharger stations in the United States. Google Maps covers both North America and Europe.

Non-Tesla Drivers Get the Biggest Benefit

While Tesla owners already access this information through their vehicles and the Tesla app, the Google Maps integration primarily benefits the growing number of non-Tesla EV drivers who can now use the Supercharger network. Currently, 18 non-Tesla brands can access Tesla’s charging infrastructure in North America using NACS adapters or native NACS ports.

Tesla operates approximately 73,000 Supercharger stalls globally across more than 7,800 locations as of October 2025. The network processed roughly 587,000 charging sessions per day during 2025, delivering 4.8 terawatt-hours of energy in the first nine months of the year alone—enough to power millions of homes for a day.

Max de Zegher, part of Tesla’s charging leadership team, emphasized on X that this integration represents “just the beginning.” He indicated that future improvements should include real-time wait times, forecasted availability, and dynamic re-routing based on predicted demand.

“Trip Planner knows where customers are routing, creates Supercharger usage forecasts, and gets everyone to their destination the fastest,” de Zegher explained. He likened Tesla’s system to air traffic control, coordinating vehicle destinations and distributing demand efficiently across the network.

Building on Tesla’s Charging Infrastructure Leadership

Tesla added a record 4,000 new Supercharger stalls globally in the third quarter of 2025 and recently began advertising Supercharger locations on highway signs across the United States. The company is also developing a virtual queuing feature that would allow drivers to join a waitlist for busy Superchargers through their phones instead of waiting in line physically.

The Supercharger network’s reliability remains its primary competitive advantage. While competitors like Electrify America struggle with broken chargers and inconsistent performance, Tesla’s infrastructure maintains significantly higher uptime and user satisfaction ratings.

Opening this data to navigation providers requires reciprocal information sharing. De Zegher warned that without bidirectional data exchange, navigation systems operate “like air traffic control not knowing what planes are inbound,” potentially creating congestion at popular charging locations.

Technical Implementation and Geographic Scope

The integration displays available stalls using a straightforward numerical format. For example, a location showing “15/16” indicates 15 stalls are currently available out of 16 total. Comparing these numbers against the Tesla app confirms the figures represent free, available stalls rather than occupied ones.

Tesla first introduced live Supercharger availability tracking in 2017, establishing an early benchmark for charging transparency. Over time, this innovation was incorporated into the Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) standard, which helps connect various charging networks and applications across the industry.

The feature works across Google Maps on iOS and Android devices, as well as through Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration in vehicle infotainment systems.

EVXL’s Take

Tesla’s decision to share real-time Supercharger data with Google Maps represents a strategic evolution we’ve been tracking closely at EVXL. Back in June 2025, we covered how Tesla’s network opening to GM and Ford EVs transformed the charging experience for non-Tesla drivers—and the reliability gap compared to networks like Electrify America was stark.

What made Tesla’s Supercharger network dominant wasn’t just the hardware—it was the software intelligence. When we reported on Tesla’s app update in May 2025 that showed detailed station info including pricing and busy periods, that transparency remained locked inside the Tesla ecosystem. Now Google Maps democratizes that intelligence.

This move follows Tesla’s broader infrastructure pivot. The company launched white-label Superchargers in April 2025, allowing businesses to brand and price their own stations while leveraging Tesla’s technology. Combined with today’s Google Maps integration, a clear pattern emerges: Tesla is transitioning from exclusive charging provider to open infrastructure platform.

The timing matters. As we documented in October 2024, early non-Tesla Supercharger users faced genuine anxiety about whether they’d find working, available chargers. That uncertainty kept many drivers locked into inferior charging networks. By opening this data to the navigation app most people actually use for trip planning, Tesla removes a major adoption barrier.

Max de Zegher’s comment about future features—wait times, forecasted availability, dynamic re-routing—hints at the endgame. Tesla wants its charging intelligence to become industry infrastructure, not just a competitive moat. Smart play. The company maintains hardware dominance through reliability and scale while positioning its software and data as the connective tissue for the entire EV charging ecosystem.

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