Tesla Opens New Supercharger in Calumet, OK via Francis Energy

Oklahoma's Supercharger Network Keeps Growing

Tesla Charging officially announced the activation of a new Supercharger station in Calumet, Oklahoma — an 8-stall site operated through its partnership with Francis Energy, an Oklahoma-based EV charging network. The announcement came directly from the official @TeslaCharging account, which also pointed drivers to the Tesla Supercharger map and shared details about the "Supercharger for Business" program.

Calumet sits in Canadian County in central Oklahoma, roughly 45 miles west of Oklahoma City. For Tesla owners and EV drivers traveling through the region — particularly along rural corridors where charging infrastructure has historically been sparse — this addition meaningfully reduces range anxiety on that stretch.

The Francis Energy Partnership: What It Is

This isn't a standalone Tesla-built station. It's part of Tesla's "Supercharger for Business" program — a model where Tesla deploys Supercharger hardware at sites owned or operated by third-party business partners. Francis Energy, which has built one of Oklahoma's most extensive EV charging networks, is among the first operators in the country to partner with Tesla under this program.

The program's significance goes beyond just adding stalls. According to verified reporting on the earlier Francis Energy Supercharger launch in Norman, Oklahoma (January 2026), these stations are equipped with NACS (SAE J3400) connectors and built-in NACS-to-CCS1 adapters — commonly known as Magic Dock. That means the Calumet station is likely accessible to all EVs, not just Teslas, consistent with how Francis Energy has deployed previous Supercharger for Business sites.

🔭 The BASENOR Take

The Supercharger for Business program is one of the more quietly impactful things Tesla has launched in the past year. Rather than building and owning every station itself, Tesla is essentially licensing its hardware and network to established regional operators — and Francis Energy is a strong first partner for this model in the south-central US.

Oklahoma is not a state that typically leads EV infrastructure headlines, but Francis Energy has been methodical. The Norman launch in January 2026 was the program's first site in the state; Calumet arriving just weeks later suggests Francis Energy is moving quickly to scale. With the company having indicated that more sites are planned, Oklahoma's Supercharger footprint could look meaningfully different by mid-2026.

For Tesla owners, the practical upside is straightforward: more stalls in a region where long-distance driving between Oklahoma City and the Texas Panhandle has required careful route planning. For non-Tesla EV owners, the Magic Dock hardware — if confirmed at this site — makes this a genuinely useful stop regardless of what you're driving.

The broader story here is about the Supercharger network's evolution. Tesla is no longer building charging infrastructure purely as a competitive moat for its own vehicles. The Supercharger for Business model turns the network into a platform — and Francis Energy's expansion in Oklahoma is an early proof point that the model works. Keep an eye on charging news as more partner sites come online across the country.