BMW offers FUSC, kinda

[JimmyB]

US customers who buy a 2022 BMW EV will get two years of free 30-minute charging from Electrify America

Electrify America has just announced a collaboration with BMW to offer free 30-minute charging sessions to new US drivers throughout 2022.

electrek.co

Got me looking at the i4 for five minutes. But nope.

 

[DblOSmith]

US customers who buy a 2022 BMW EV will get two years of free 30-minute charging from Electrify America

Electrify America has just announced a collaboration with BMW to offer free 30-minute charging sessions to new US drivers throughout 2022.

electrek.co

Got me looking at the i4 for five minutes. But nope.

Buy a car I don't like and get tied to a charging network I don't like. lol No thanks.

 

[JimmyB]

Quite. But if more manufacturers follow suit it might persuade Tesla to start offering limited free supercharging again ... in which case I'd be rather more tempted by a new MSLR ...

 

[UncleCreepy]

Nothing is free. If anything, it's included. If they offer "free" supercharging again, the sales price would inevitably go up.

 

[tm1v2]

2 years of free 30 minute EA charging sessions is table stakes for a non-Tesla EV. It's not even a selling point, it's the minimum you should expect.

True that FUSC was never truly "free," but we've gotten a lot of miles out of it on our older Tesla. If only it could supercharge quicker...

 

[UncleCreepy]

2 years of free 30 minute EA charging sessions is table stakes for a non-Tesla EV. It's not even a selling point, it's the minimum you should expect.

Not sure I agree with that. I've never had an ICE vehicle that came with free gas for two years and I can't see why that would be any different with EVs. They are cheap enough to operate as it is.

It's also discouraging other potential providers from building charging stations if a significant number of vehicles get a free charge elsewhere. In the end I don't think it's in the consumer's best interest to be tied to one provider.

 

[tm1v2]

@UncleCreepy When my wife and I were car shopping recently, every EV we considered came with some free DCFC. Make of that what you will.

Glancing at the market now, Polestar 2, Mach-E, ID.4, Ioniq 5, i4, iX all come with some free DCFC. What serious EV *doesn't* come with it?

We still ended up buying a 2nd Tesla, so from that perspective Tesla was correct that they don't need to offer any amount of free supercharging anymore.

 

[Brando]

Nothing is free. If anything, it's included. If they offer "free" supercharging again, the sales price would inevitably go up.

Tesla sells all they can make. Actually their cars are SOLD before they make them. Demand not a Tesla problem. Production (batteries every ones bottle neck for all)

 

[GiantlyGentle]

Tesla sells all they can make. Actually their cars are SOLD before they make them. Demand not a Tesla problem. Production (batteries every ones bottle neck for all)

No Tesla is sold before it is made. Did you mean ordered or reserved?