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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2017, @01:42AM
I would guess they did some maths about how much the average person drives, how long the gas can sit in the tank before it goes gummy, the cost of hauling around surplus fuel, and the fuel economy of the car to get the tank size.
Somebody came up with the 360 mile minimum figure, and ever since they all aim at it. Now it's been around so long everyone considers it reasonable to have to fill up that often.
Probably slight deviations for car types, I had a smallish SUV that would get over 500 on the road. (but much less when seriously off-road.) (16 gallon tank, 2.4 litre engine)
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday January 16 2017, @06:34PM
That's US logic, though.
European cars are often capable of 500 or 600 miles (a few get even higher), despite the Europeans driving a lot less on average.
That tank of gas costs you an arm and a leg (80-120 Euros for a sedan), and often requires a small detour because of the lower station density, but it does last a whole lot longer.