user212_nr
Active Member
I don't agree on this. With the limited distance traveled and the speed of the supercharger it's not going to be a wasted hour once a week. Closers to once a month. There are always closer, free'er options too if you did into it. My local Starbucks, library, city hall, police, grocery, CVS, Walgreen, etc are all closer than supercharger if not as fast. But they are free and I go to at least one local one per month.
Sure a rideshare or maybe even a rental can be cheaper. But not everyone wants to relay or hassle with that. Both the significant other and I are work from home right now and have been for 6+ months. We still bought two new Tesla's this year. I tried doing a rental for 6 weeks. It wasn't different enough from the Tesla payment and I know I can leave whenever I want, the car is STERILE, and it's just easier.
I said that "I would not buy it" in that situation. I'm sure that it can work for a lot of people.
Once a month is great, but people's situations can change. You might also be in a milder climate, where subzero temperature issues aren't a major issue.
I actually did buy it, planning to use only supercharging, but I quickly found out that the "20 minutes" charging time is only the bottom 40% of the battery. For those who will be charging from 40% to 100% (topping off to the max when convenient), you get only the worst charging speeds.