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Free Supercharging is currently enabled

Trevor B

Active Member
Apr 2, 2016
1,160
629
USA
Well, it looks like the only reason my account wasn't charged is because I hadn't changed the expiration date to my updated card. I got an email from Tesla saying I owed them for today's Supercharge. All I can say is just wow! Apparently I don't get free Supercharging for my area, even though the details on my account for the car says "Free Supercharging is Currently Available". Anyone here know why my account shows that then?

Are you affected by the fires? Or just looking for a freebie?
 

stephen503

Member
Apr 18, 2019
46
35
Portland, Oregon
I’m seeing free supercharging on my account also for my Model 3. I’m located in Oregon so maybe it’s in areas where the wildfires are happening, even though I’m not directly affected.

I’ve had my car for 2 years and previously had free supercharging for the first 6 months after delivery.
 

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Resist

Member
Mar 24, 2019
412
212
San Luis Obispo
Are you affected by the fires? Or just looking for a freebie?
As I already said, I'm not affected by the fires, other then the bad air quality and ash here. And no, I'm not looking for a freebie! Read my first post. When I bought my Model 3 I had 6 months of free Supercharging and the details for my car reflected that. When it ended it didn't show "Free Supercharging is Currently Enabled", like it shows now. Since I'm not getting free Supercharging, it shouldn't show that.
 

RayK

Active Member
Apr 5, 2016
1,835
1,786
San Jose, CA
Seems like Tesla has always had problems with keeping track of free vs. pay-as-you-go Supercharging billing. I was never eligible for any free Supercharging. Didn't get it when I bought the car; haven't had anybody use my referral code; not living in any area graced by Tesla for getting free juice due to some act of Mother Nature. But, there's five times a charge session shows up in my History as being billed at $0.00 (at just over a year of ownership), at a location that had billed me both before and after those freebies. And there's half-a-dozen times I was at both the Glendale, CA and Kettleman City, CA Superchargers that don't show up in my History at all AND they were never billed to my credit card.

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I've expanded one of these sessions to show that I didn't have any credit on my account, that I indeed sucked on some juice, but wasn't billed.

"The first rule about getting free Supercharging when you're not supposed to is: you don't talk about getting free Supercharging when you're not supposed to."
 

TomT

Technical Maven
Mar 24, 2014
427
354
NE Georgia
I have absolutely no idea why but mine shows Free Supercharging until April 29, 2022. And when I Supercharged a couple of weeks ago, my account did not even show any history of it...
 

Resist

Member
Mar 24, 2019
412
212
San Luis Obispo
Tesla told me right now they are not giving free supercharging to anywhere on the west coast that is effected by the fires. So no one's account out here should show Free Supercharging is Currently Enabled, yet they are.
 

toolman335

Member
Oct 3, 2019
837
584
Rochester
I'm sure there's a thread on here somewhere about it, but it also sounds like Tesla has been "accidentally" allowing non-Tesla cars to use their supercharging network. I suppose that means it's only fair for us to get some free use!
 

Gasaraki

Active Member
Oct 21, 2019
1,374
939
Syracuse, NY
I'm sure there's a thread on here somewhere about it, but it also sounds like Tesla has been "accidentally" allowing non-Tesla cars to use their supercharging network. I suppose that means it's only fair for us to get some free use!

That's in Europe and it's been fixed already. No EVs in the US share the same plug as Teslas so no one else can charge at Superchargers.
 

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