So first off, I think the supercharger network was genius. Best way to remove range anxiety from the purchase of a car decision. And I even understand the removal of free supercharging. You can't expect something for free for ever. It was a lost leader to start with. Now I know in Ontario and many other places you cannot resell electricity. So the only way around that is charge by the hour (or minute). Great. I am with them so far. My problem is the superchargers like the one at Sherway Gardens that are restricted to 70 Kw. That seems like a cash grab to me. Charging the same for 70 Kw as 120 Kw. If a gas station charged the same to fill up a Kia as it did a Ford F150 people would freak. Make no mistake about it, the superchargers make a lot of money for Tesla, especially since the charge the same amount during peak hours as they do off peak (evenings and weekends). In Ontario if they are not using time of use the commercial rate including a delivery fees etc come to 11 cents Kw. Even if you got the 120 Kw for the entire time (and you don't) that would cost Tesla $13.20 hr and they charge $24 an hour. In reality their profit margin is well above 100%. Time of use commercial is even better for off peak, the rates are 6.5 - 13.2 cents Kw.
So my point is, if they have to restrict the power to less than 120 Kw, presumably due to available power, they should either install less chargers to get the 120 Kw rate, or better yet restrict the chargers to 60 Kw, and only charge the 20 cents per hour. Or allow us to set the charge rate when we connect to a supercharger. If I am not in a rush, and the superchargers are not busy I would have no problem with picking 60 Kw as a charge rate as the most cost effective. They could run it like the idle fees, if more than 80% of the chargers are in use it overrides the charge rate to the highest available.
My 2 cents (or 4 cents if you read fast)
So my point is, if they have to restrict the power to less than 120 Kw, presumably due to available power, they should either install less chargers to get the 120 Kw rate, or better yet restrict the chargers to 60 Kw, and only charge the 20 cents per hour. Or allow us to set the charge rate when we connect to a supercharger. If I am not in a rush, and the superchargers are not busy I would have no problem with picking 60 Kw as a charge rate as the most cost effective. They could run it like the idle fees, if more than 80% of the chargers are in use it overrides the charge rate to the highest available.
My 2 cents (or 4 cents if you read fast)