Was Geico your insurance company or someone else's?Hanging just lost my 2020 Model S to a major pileup, Geico took the position that because it was not transferrable on my car, it was worth $0, since that is what it would add to resale value.
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Was Geico your insurance company or someone else's?Hanging just lost my 2020 Model S to a major pileup, Geico took the position that because it was not transferrable on my car, it was worth $0, since that is what it would add to resale value.
It has been about a year since your post. What was the outcome? Were you able to get the insurance company to give you some assigned value for your lifetime SC?Hello,
I was recently involved in a total loss accident of my beloved 2017 Tesla. This car had what I am going to refer to as "Lifetime Unlimited Supercharging" (avoiding the f word, it certainly has a value).
I am currently in the process of attempting to assign a dollar value to my total loss claim with my insurance company. Two items that I am having difficulty portraying the value of is a lifetime of free energy and lifetime of premium connectivity. I suppose you might value a lifetime as the average lifespan of a car but I am not quite sure what that number of years or miles may be. I had a 2017 with 42,000 miles on it.
I am wondering if anyone else in the community has had experience in either insurance claims of a total loss vehicle or obtaining official documentation from Tesla assigning a value. The Sales advisor who I just purchased another 2021 car from said there is a dollar value assigned with this that he saw on orders years ago but he was not willing to disclose this number to me.
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
It has been about a year since your post. What was the outcome? Were you able to get the insurance company to give you some assigned value for your lifetime SC?
Any suggestions for prepaid legal company? I've been looking into this for a long time but never had anyone I know use one to be able to recommend.1. Provide real data to justify a big number (good example in this thread). Ask Big.
2. Already have prepaid legal insurance (or hire a lawyer) to present your demand.
3. Offer something solid but less than your ask you can tell them you'll be content to accept and continue as a happy customer. Anything less you'll have to look at other ways to protect your rights and would not be able to conontinue as a customer.
LegalshieldAny suggestions for prepaid legal company? I've been looking into this for a long time but never had anyone I know use one to be able to recommend.
Second for the main topic;
I keep religious records for my vehicles, including TM-SPY & Scan My Tesla data. As such I know exactly how much DC Charging I've done on each of my vehicles.
To keep it simple, I'd take the amount of DC charging done, multiply by the average electrical rate for my area, divide by number of years the vehicle has been in operation, and then multiply the yearly supercharging savings by how many years I plan to keep the vehicle on the road.
I too have a car with lifetime unlimited supercharging (2013 85). To get what I call the "retail" price of your supercharging, you can log into your Tesla account and select the charging page. If you scroll to the very last page of supercharging history it gives, you'll get the option to download your data by month. Those tables show you the actual $/kWhr you would have been charged without the free charging. Very useful for lots of geeky calculations ;-)I don't know the exact price for supercharging because it’s free and thus doesn’t display the prices on my screen like it does for others. I will use CA as my example as that’s where i currently live. I have heard prices range from .20 to .43 so i will split the difference and call it .33 for my equation, if it’s wrong then someone please let me know so i can edit and change the formula.
FWIW if I select the download on records from 2016 nothing happens. I suppose there is a cut off date for data retention.you'll get the option to download your data by month.
Probably true. I've only had my car since 2020. Everything for me is still there but I could certainly see them not keeping things forever. I've been downloading each month or two so I can keep my records up to date.FWIW if I select the download on records from 2016 nothing happens. I suppose there is a cut off date for data retention.
Sure would be nice to have these consolidated as one download file.
Holy crap.... I had never realized Supercharging got so dang expensive! They really jacked it up!!!!!! Definately holding on to my MS and MX 2016's until they fall apart! What I used yesterday alone would have been close to $75! I have around 65 MWH of DC Charging since 2016 on my MS and around 50 on my MX.I too have a car with lifetime unlimited supercharging (2013 85). To get what I call the "retail" price of your supercharging, you can log into your Tesla account and select the charging page. If you scroll to the very last page of supercharging history it gives, you'll get the option to download your data by month. Those tables show you the actual $/kWhr you would have been charged without the free charging. Very useful for lots of geeky calculations ;-)
Supercharging was free for everyone back then, so don't see much point in keeping those records, just idle fees likely.FWIW if I select the download on records from 2016 nothing happens. I suppose there is a cut off date for data retention.
Sure would be nice to have these consolidated as one download file.
Not even idle fees then.Supercharging was free for everyone back then, so don't see much point in keeping those records, just idle fees likely.
It is compared to what you're likely paying to charge at home but still cheaper than gas. I recently did a trip from NJ to IN that obviously cost me nothing but would have been $100 in supercharging without free-unlimited and nearly $300 in my previous gas car. Even with gas prices a year ago, it still would have been over $200.Holy crap.... I had never realized Supercharging got so dang expensive! They really jacked it up!!!!!! Definately holding on to my MS and MX 2016's until they fall apart! What I used yesterday alone would have been close to $75! I have around 65 MWH of DC Charging since 2016 on my MS and around 50 on my MX.
My 2017 MX free charging started off as $0.20/kWh. I only have 2 supercharging in July 2022, but they were $0.46/kWh and $0.56/kWh. But it is a good tool to use to see how much "free charging" you got over the years. I wish you don't have to download like 50 csv files...at least have a year summary one.I too have a car with lifetime unlimited supercharging (2013 85). To get what I call the "retail" price of your supercharging, you can log into your Tesla account and select the charging page. If you scroll to the very last page of supercharging history it gives, you'll get the option to download your data by month. Those tables show you the actual $/kWhr you would have been charged without the free charging. Very useful for lots of geeky calculations ;-)
I've been wondering about this!A lot of cars have non-transferable FUSC so the value wouldn't be included...