Local Supercharging: Yea or Nay?

[AndrewTX]

You may be right with respect to purchases made back in 2014 or earlier, but for at least the last ~2 years it has been clear that superchargers were intended for long distance travel.

Does 'long distance travel' imply only interstate (or here in Texas) inter-city travel? I'd think that driving >150 miles/per day qualifies as 'long distance' even if it is within a single metropolitan area. Such distances aren't very hard to do in our increasingly sprawling cities.

 

[sdorn]

Does 'long distance travel' imply only interstate (or here in Texas) inter-city travel? I'd think that driving >150 miles/per day qualifies as 'long distance' even if it is within a single metropolitan area. Such distances aren't very hard to do in our increasingly sprawling cities.

Sounds like a valid point to me.

 

[P100DHG.]

Okay so now people are going to pay for it. After they use their first 400kw. Is it then okay to supercharge locally? Hey they are paying for it...

I definitely feel a double standard by that I mean. I would like to supercharge under scenario 1 without grief. When I think of my fellow Model S and X owners doing the same I don't seem to mind. However, I know I'm going to be annoyed when a Model 3 does it. The reason being is, Tesla has only produced 180,000 cars. A majority are in the US but many abroad over seas. The Model 3 has 400,000 reservations. That's more than twice the cars Tesla has produced and I just feel like it's going to be mayhem at the supercharging stations.

My local supercharger in Burbank has Trader Joe's next door and Starbucks and a great super market but now that North Americas biggest IKEA opened up next door traffic is at a crawl so unless I'm desperate my avoiding it. Which was not what I planned when I started my purchase process . Charging at home for $10 seems acceptable after evaluating what my time is worth.