EV giant Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) on Thursday said that it has set up 55k superchargers around the globe. What Happened: Tesla announced the installation of its 50,000th supercharger in September. The company added roughly 5000 superchargers in the last 4 months hinting at a rapid improvement in the scale of deployment. Tesla kickstarted its supercharging network in 2012 with a few superchargers and scaled it to 50,000 in 11 years. Why It Matters: Several rival automakers have announced a partnership with Tesla to adopt its charging standard in the U.S. and gain access to its supercharger netwo…