Pay Per Use Supercharging
Tier 2 applies when charging.
Pay per use supercharging. I guess the point is to incentivise people to charge quickly and move on hence the price per minute not kwh but also they dont want to penalise you if there is a slow charging rate 60kw so the price is halved for this scenario. Tesla model 3 supercharging will have both pay per use and lifetime options the electric car makers mainstream model wont come with free supercharging after all. Tesla explains how much supercharging will cost new buyers because new model s and x evs will no longer come with free lifetime access to superchargers. For usage above the complimentary annual credits provided a small fee applies.
Over 60kw it is 46 cents per minute. Model s and x receive 400 kwh 1000 miles of supercharger credits annually. Ill use my trip to sudbury and back as the test case as i needed supercharging on four occasion paid by the minute. 2017 was supposed to be its first year under the new pay per use model but tesla delayed the change and then introduced a way to.
Tier 1 will apply when cars are charging at or below 60kw or when sharing supercharger power with another car. Right now in ontario i pay 40 cents a minute for supercharger use when the power being pushed to my car is 60 kw or above and 20 cents a minute for power that is 59 kw and below. Tesla model 3 owners must pay to supercharge no 400 kwh of free use. Model 3 does not receive annual supercharger credits and a small fee applies to supercharge.
Per minute charges will vary based on charge rate. Mariella moon at mariellamoon. Teslas supercharger network is having quite the eventful year.