To make a long story short I recently purchased a Model 3 and was going through the usual process of seeing what I am able to do in regards to charging since I currently drive 40-60 miles a day and get about 4 miles of charge an hour each night on a standard outlet. I purchased the wall charger and after reaching out to an electrician that Tesla recommended a couple months ago they call me back yesterday stating that they have good news and bad news. The good news was that So Cal Edison would run higher wattage cabling to my condo unit for free. The bad news was that it would require trenching, running new conduit from the street and cutting up the driveway and alleyway leading from my unit to the street to accomplish this. For a total cost of $14,000.
Apparently the condo unit I am living in is a single 100A line from the street to a dual meter panel. So each unit has 50A available max. Now if I do the napkin math per Tesla I save about $5000 a year so this new construction would pay for itself over a period of 3 years technically. Is it normal for these upgrades to cost so much? Am I crazy for wanting to be able to charge faster than 4 miles an hour? Any suggestions here?
Apparently the condo unit I am living in is a single 100A line from the street to a dual meter panel. So each unit has 50A available max. Now if I do the napkin math per Tesla I save about $5000 a year so this new construction would pay for itself over a period of 3 years technically. Is it normal for these upgrades to cost so much? Am I crazy for wanting to be able to charge faster than 4 miles an hour? Any suggestions here?