[ACCI-CAVIE] In addition to already-existing Casablanca and Tangier supercharging stations, global electric car manufacturer Tesla recently expanded its network of supercharging stations in Morocco to Rabat, Marrakech, with more stations coming soon in Fes and Marrakech.

With the future additions of superchargers, Tesla superchargers will be available across five Moroccan cities.

First spotted in Morocco in October 2021, Tesla superchargers became available shortly after in Casablanca, the first such installation in all of Africa.

With a 150KW charging capacity, superchargers deliver a 200-mile range in just 15 minutes’ time, promising to eradicate “range anxiety,” a primary reason behind people’s reluctance to adopt electric vehicles, according to The Economist.

The emergence of supercharging is projected to drive significant growth in demand for electric cars in Africa.

Rabat – In addition to already-existing Casablanca and Tangier supercharging stations, global electric car manufacturer Tesla recently expanded its network of supercharging stations in Morocco to Rabat, Marrakech, with more stations coming soon in Fes and Marrakech.

With the future additions of superchargers, Tesla superchargers will be available across five Moroccan cities.

First spotted in Morocco in October 2021, Tesla superchargers became available shortly after in Casablanca, the first such installation in all of Africa.

With a 150KW charging capacity, superchargers deliver a 200-mile range in just 15 minutes’ time, promising to eradicate “range anxiety,” a primary reason behind people’s reluctance to adopt electric vehicles, according to The Economist.

The emergence of supercharging is projected to drive significant growth in demand for electric cars in Africa.

In addition to holding the highest number of superchargers on the African continent, Morocco is home to major suppliers in the global electric car manufacturing chain.

In 2021, STMicroelectronics’ manufacturing plant, located 20 kilometers off Casablanca, began producing semiconductor chips for Tesla cars, according to multiple reports.

The North African country is also now home to two cobalt plants, a critical component for the manufacturing of electric vehicles batteries.

Morocco is the 12-largest global exporter of cobalt, and home to one of the only two known reserves in the world, alongside Canada.

In 2020, Morocco signed an agreement with German car manufacturer BMW to extract cobalt in Morocco. Under the deal, BMW moved cobalt mining operations from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to a deal with Morocco-based mining company Managem.

BMW’s move from the DR Congo to Morocco was announced in the wake of the surfacing of multiple reports indicating child labor in Congolese mines.

By Jihane Rahhou