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posted by martyb on Sunday January 15 2017, @03:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the charging-new-owners dept.

The free ride is over:

For the past few years, anyone who owned a Tesla could charge it up at one of the company’s Supercharging stations free of charge.

But as we’ve known for a few months now, this all-you-can-eat setup is being phased out. While existing owners will still get to charge up for free, anyone who orders a Tesla after January 15th would get around 1,000 miles worth of charging credit each year then pay for anything beyond that.

But how much would they pay, exactly?

Turns out there’s not any single answer to that question — due to variations in regulations around the world, the pricing varies a bit depending on where you are.

Tesla started outlining how it works in a blog post tonight:

  • In most of the world, Tesla owners will pay per kWh — that is, you’ll be charged for the actual amount of electricity you receive.
  • In select places, however, Tesla will be required (by local regulations) to charge per-minute at the charging station. It’s a bit less accurate, but Tesla says they [are] going to work with regulators in these regions; it’s also a good bit more complicated, with two different charging tiers based on how charged your battery is or whether or not yours is the only Tesla at the charging station.
  • In North America, you’ll pay the same price to charge up throughout any given state or province.
  • Outside of North America, pricing is set on a country-by-country basis.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Type44Q on Sunday January 15 2017, @08:43PM

    by Type44Q (4347) on Sunday January 15 2017, @08:43PM (#454162)

    these things are still getting no more attractive.

    Each increase in range proves you wrong.

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  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Monday January 16 2017, @05:59AM

    by tftp (806) on Monday January 16 2017, @05:59AM (#454273) Homepage

    That is true. However a vehicle should cost not so much, even if the fuel costs a bit more. This is because a vehicle cannot be an investment - it can be easily damaged. It is also a threshold; if a car costs $N the person who cannot afford $N cannot drive less - he does not drive at all. You have to have $N to start driving, even if you only need to drive 1 mile per year. EVs with good range cost a lot. Cheap EVs (like Leaf) have bad range, unless you have a very specific use pattern for them, like home - work - home in a city, and it is a second car in the family.

    I think we will get to that model in the future with automated taxicabs. They cost a bit more than the fuel per mile, but you don't need to buy and insure and house and maintain and drive them. Some people may still need personal vehicles for reasons of convenience - say, they need the car to be instantly available, and they live 100 miles from the nearest city. But for most people in cities a personal car would be not necessary. Today taxicabs cost far more than a personal car, unless you need transportation maybe only a dozen times per year.