Do you feel Cheated? Unlimited Super Charging

[Vintre]

I picked up my M3 in June and I love it.

My Vin is 29xxx

I have to say that I feel a bit cheated now that the 3's come with unlimited Super Charging via referral program.

I always told myself that the S and the X have the unlimited Super Charger because the cars were so expensive the cost is built into the price, but the 3's price did not go up with the addition of unlimited super charging.

What do you think?

Vin

 

[ken830]

What are you talking about?

 

[Gavyne]

Tesla ended unlimited supercharging program.

 

[Derek Kessler]

Current Model 3 purchases with a referral code get a $100 Supercharger credit. Lifetime included Supercharging was discontinued a while back for S and X, and the 3 Performance was only briefly eligible for a year if included Supercharging.

 

[Vintre]

What are you talking about?

I understood that the 3 now qualifies for unlimited supercharging through the referral program.

Am I mistaken?

Vin

 

[Vintre]

Current Model 3 purchases with a referral code get a $100 Supercharger credit. Lifetime included Supercharging was discontinued a while back for S and X, and the 3 Performance was only briefly eligible for a year if included Supercharging.

Thanks for the quick clarification.

I can overlook $100.

Back to your regular programming.

Vin

 

[whatthe2]

I understood that the 3 now qualifies for unlimited supercharging through the referral program.

Am I mistaken?

Vin

If it’s a P ordered with referral code before Sep 15 you should have unlimited supercharging. But the system isn’t working right and people are showing as being charged. They are supposedly fixing this.

 

[boriszima]

I understood that the 3 now qualifies for unlimited supercharging through the referral program.

Am I mistaken?

Vin

Yes, only as above said $100


Model 3 is officially part of our Referral Program, along with Model S and Model X. Now you can get exclusive awards every time a friend purchases a Tesla with your referral code, and they’ll get a $100 Supercharging credit.

Our newest award gives you the opportunity to laser-etch any image onto glass and launch it into deep space orbit for millions of years. You can check out the full program details and awards

 

[roblab]

No, you're not cheated. You're just being offered more perceived value to get you to buy a car. Those other folks are paying somewhere else, somehow, some way, for that charging, and the price of charging is pretty small. My wife and I spent around $8 for charging on a day trip a while back.

That's about the third time I've used Supercharging on the 3. It's obviously hidden in the price of the car.

That's WAY less than parking in a charging space and not charging, when Tesla bills you for using someone else's charging spot.

 

[Jedi2155]

Well...I spent $24 in supercharging credits within 24 hours of owning the car...... I think I'll be getting my values worth....

 

[Boourns]

People vastly overestimate the value of free supercharging. You can take road trip that is thousands of miles long for less than $100 in paid supercharging costs.

 

[Kuhz]

Well...I spent $24 in supercharging credits within 24 hours of owning the car...... I think I'll be getting my values worth....

How much did you spend in the nearby store /restaurant/snack bar etc while charging?

 

[Kuhz]

People vastly overestimate the value of free supercharging. You can take road trip that is thousands of miles long for less than $100 in paid supercharging costs.

That’s why when you’re pushing a code on someone, don’t tell them it’s $100 off their 60k car. Tell them exactly what you said: thousands of miles worth of free fuel!

 

[Canuck]

People vastly overestimate the value of free supercharging. You can take road trip that is thousands of miles long for less than $100 in paid supercharging costs.

That assumes people only use free supercharging while travelling, which we know is not the case. For people who never pay for power, and there are many of those people out there, either by choice or because they can't charge at home, the savings is significant, especially if you do a lot of driving.

 

[SPIKE's M3AWD]

I'm not upset. Every day you wait you miss out on driving this most awesome EV.
The super charger incentive was a short term Q3 incentive. I waited years for the M3 and now you can get it in merely months. No regrets.

Nor will I regret it when a newer M3 comes out with improved features.

 

[mswlogo]

How much did you spend in the nearby store /restaurant/snack bar etc while charging?

So true. We will sometimes pack a snack and a Thermos of Coffee

I hope to use about $10 worth of Supercharging most every weekend. We'll see how that goes.

Oh, no charge ($$$) is showing on my display while supercharging. But account still shows "Pay Per Use".

 

[run-the-joules]

For people who never pay for power, and there are many of those people out there, either by choice

aka people with absolutely no sense of valuing their time…

 

[xilex]

California is about $0.26/kWh. So use about 70 kWh every 300 miles. About 2333 kWh for 10000 miles. About $600 a year.

 

[Canuck]

aka people with absolutely no sense of valuing their time…

I guess so but they're building them everywhere now that for some it's a matter of parking in a supercharger stall rather than the one next to it when going to the mall up the street.

 

[mswlogo]

aka people with absolutely no sense of valuing their time…

Actually I think it's the other way around. Time to chill for a few minutes rather than "hurry hurry hurry". I look forward to it.

I've seen people sleeping, working, chatting with other owners, shopping or having a snack at the bar.