Changes to Supercharger Billing

[flyingowl]

Enjoy...

 

[dgatwood]

Wait... a 10 - 25 kWh difference? In an hour of charging? How is that even possible? The heater, even running at full blast, only draws 6 kW.

 

[Daniel in SD]

Wait... a 10 - 25 kWh difference? In an hour of charging? How is that even possible? The heater, even running at full blast, only draws 6 kW.

Apparently with V3 supercharging the battery is heated to 50C using 9kW but of course that doesn't last very long. They previously only billed for energy added to the battery. Maybe the battery itself generates a substantial amount of heat while being charged quickly?

Seems like they should have just raised prices again, while more accurate this seems like it will just make people upset and lead to endless questions like "Why was I charged for 60kWh when I only added 50kWh of charge???".

 

[Gwgan]

Will they charge for the HVAC while ticking off free "miles" accrued in the referral program?

 

[flyingowl]

Will they charge for the HVAC while ticking off free "miles" accrued in the referral program?

As far as I know yes which makes sense. Free miles actually getting counted by kWh, not your odometer.

 

[Matsayz]

This will be interesting. Good thing so many SC’s just don’t work in the first place! Maybe they should fix the chargers before charging for the HVAC. The backlash on this will be fun to watch on the forum

 

[miimura]

Apparently with V3 supercharging the battery is heated to 50C using 9kW but of course that doesn't last very long. They previously only billed for energy added to the battery. Maybe the battery itself generates a substantial amount of heat while being charged quickly?

Seems like they should have just raised prices again, while more accurate this seems like it will just make people upset and lead to endless questions like "Why was I charged for 60kWh when I only added 50kWh of charge???".

There was a recent ruling in California that EV charging providers had to sell charging services by the kWh delivered from the station. IMHO, this billing change is the first step in Tesla becoming compliant with the CA-DMS ruling.