Russian Tesla owner gets wish granted for charging station in middle of nowhere

Sometimes all you need to do is ask, for all your dreams to come true.

That’s what reportedly happened to Russian Tesla owner Alexander Shavrin, despite his seemingly unnecessary request.

Shavrin lives in the city of Perm, near the Ural Mountains about 20 hours east of Moscow by car, but makes commutes to Yekaterinburg , roughly five hours away.

Unfortunately for Shavrin, he’s the region's only Tesla owner and there are no charging stations along the more than 360-kilometre route.

And, according to Jalopnik, his Tesla’s battery becomes depleted about 30 km before he reaches his destination.

So Shavrin asked, and somehow convinced, the regional energy company IDGC of Urals to build a charging station at the halfway mark between the two cities.

Thanks to Shavrin, the village of Achit, which has a population of less than 5,000, will now be home to the first electric car charging station in the entire region.

According to Jalopnik, the charger will cost about 300,000 rubles, or about $6,091.