nativewolf
Active Member
Why are so many people assuming this is the goal? It's not what the plain English of the blog post says. They list "reinvest in the network, accelerate its growth and bring all owners, current and future, the best Supercharging experience" as their purpose. I guess the last clause might include "stop abuse" (abuse I've never witnessed, BTW), but the first two obviously don't.
Because at certain locations, especially in urban metro regions, the super chargers are being used by people that walk away or simply charge every single freaking day ( I know one) even though they have chargers at home. I mean stopping to grab $1.50 in free electricity is just mind boggling to me....crazy that people do that because they are putting a time value on their own time of 0. In other cases people start charging and walk away to shop and come back 2 hours later. Tough in urban areas.
Overall they have to improve the network. Even my luddite father knows how limiting the network is and until they have super chargers readily available off the interstates he's not interested even though, at his age, a model 3 would be a great car for him. The 3's are going to just demand a whole different level of charging infrastructure. They need to be in apartment buildings, city streets, parking decks, etc. They need to be in small towns, basically if a truck stop exists or hotel exists you need to have a charger, that is one ton of chargers. 500k 3s paying for that would justify it.