Tesla’s first Supercharger station was located in Hawthorne, California.
Tesla unveiled its first Supercharger network on September 24, 2012, at its Hawthorne facility. The event introduced six initial stations designed to connect major California routes and extend Model S travel beyond the limits of home charging. Hawthorne was therefore both the launch location and the site associated with the network’s first station.
The original network linked routes between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. Tesla promoted the system as a way for Model S owners to make long-distance trips using high-power charging, with electricity initially offered free to qualifying owners.
Hawthorne is sometimes confused with Los Angeles because it is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, but it is a separate city in Los Angeles County. Palo Alto was important in Tesla’s early corporate history, while Fremont became the company’s major vehicle-production location; neither was the location asked for here.