It really doesn't because the EVgo chargers, which I will primarily be relying on, are set at $0.10 a minute.The chargepoint DC fast chargers all seem to be set at $9.95, if that means anything to you.
Tesla said it was going to be a kWh cost pass-through. They aren't going to profit from it. And it's 400kWh per year, for free which is +/- 1000 miles, depending on how you drive.
He also said the price would vary with locations as Tesla is not trying to make money off of it just use it as a pass through. So it seems it will be dependant on the price of electricity at your location. I imagine CA will be one of the higher prices to charge at. Then again if you don't do a lot of cross countries 1,000 miles a year should get most people to where they are going without having to pay for it.
Say What? Tesla really said that? In writing?
>As he should. He paid for that benefit already!
Well your friend's free ac charging does come at a cost... the price of coffee and his time which could have been spent at home with the family or working on something. A coworker of mine started doing something similar, whenever shopping nearby our local SC, he would charge and stopped charging his car at home unless the battery was getting low. I wonder if you buy a used tesla from someone else whether you get free charging for life or whether you get stuck with the new deal?
No doubt and I agree that he's entitled to do it since that's how it was sold and paid for. Since I don't own a Tesla I can only feel some pity for a "true" road warrior pulling into a SC somewhere and finding all the stalls occupied and have to wait. To be honest only Tesla could tell and ID who a "LOCAL" is? I doubt folks charging would volunteer that info given the sensitivity of the issue.
Well... they said they won't profit from Supercharger use overall. They didn't say that they won't charge users more than the cost of the energy.
Elon said it during a Q&A session. I've been trying to find the text for it. The cost of installing and maintenance of the SC infrastructure is covered by car purchases.
He said they will pass on the cost of electricity at the current location. He didn't say that it would cost extra for maintenance but as always most on this forum just make wild assumptions that it will cost more that what Tesla is saying. I do understand it is hard for those who will be stuck paying a lot more for charging to not comprehend that Tesla is all about getting EV on the road and if you make charging more expensive or just as expensive as gas then you make it harder for people to justify buying an EV.
Well, the service centers aren't for profit either, but that doesn't mean Tesla is charging a reasonable hourly rate. So I think its a decent assumption that some overhead will be rolled into the per kWh costs.
That's not a problem here, just yet. There are 8 superchargers, and at most I've only seen 2 Teslas charging at once. That's probably not true in the cities bigger than mine.
Fantastic!
So, what you are saying is that until you get a Tesla you are driving the Suburban, and after you get a Tesla you can have your Volt back... because she will decide she wants the new Tesla when it arrives.
