Supercharging Idling Fee

[punter]

I would vote for a higher fee. The average Tesla owner in HKG certainly values his/her time at more than HKD180 per hour. Hopefully that with limits to free charging being rolled out, Tesla will concurrently roll out some improvements to the collection and payment process.

 

[808?]

Some idiot has left their Model S at the Cyberport supercharger for over 30 hours (plugged in), so he will fell some wallet pain for sure.

 

[frangus6]

Some idiot has left their Model S at the Cyberport supercharger for over 30 hours (plugged in), so he will fell some wallet pain for sure.

Other than wallet pain, Tesla should ban Supercharger usage once the amount accumulates over a certain amount.

 

[garethmchau]

Has this fee actually been rolled out yet? I accidentally left my car overtime supercharging for around 15mins at the Pulse but I haven't seen any overstay fee notice yet....?

 

[markwj]

Has this fee actually been rolled out yet? I accidentally left my car overtime supercharging for around 15mins at the Pulse but I haven't seen any overstay fee notice yet....?

Doesn't seem to have been, in Hong Kong at least. Let us know what happens at your next service visit

 

[FishHead]

Maybe the threat of an overstay fee will be enough to deter most people.......

 

[Chong]

I'm collecting my car from the service centre tomorrow. Yes, second time in my 3 month ownership. I will ask them if they have started implementation of the idling fee in Hong Kong

 

[Chong]

I spoke with the service executive at the service centre. He said they have not implemented the idling fee in Hong Kong. He isn't sure when they will. If they have, the app will push out a notification should you stay over the 5 mins.

 

[garethmchau]

I spoke with the service executive at the service centre. He said they have not implemented the idling fee in Hong Kong. He isn't sure when they will. If they have, the app will push out a notification should you stay over the 5 mins.

Great thanks for the info!

 

[skhon]

Can anyone confirm if idling are implemented yet?

 

[smtung]

Supercharger 超級充電站超時佔用費

 

[smtung]

will receive notification from tesla app

 

[skhon]

I have idled my model s sometimes at non-peak hours and have not received a notifications. Seems the charge only applies to peak hours?

 

[Chong]

No matter if it's implemented or not, im sticking to their plan so that everyone gets to charge. My hope is for everyone to start doing the same.

 

[808?]

I have idled my model s sometimes at non-peak hours

Why?

 

[gubes]

I don't have a problem with the surcharge - I think its a good idea. Those saying that its not enough, should remember that 1 hour is HK$186 - not exactly pocket change. That would be more than double the price it would cost to charge the car using spot electricity prices in HK.

The biggest issue I have with it though is that I only found out about it after I was already being charged. I have not looked at this forum for a while and don't recall receiving a notification by Tesla via the app, text or e-mail. I had no idea what the charge was.

 

[ponyo]

Hi all,

I'm new here.

Just got a message this morning in Festival Walk.

"Charging complete. Idle fees are now accruing. Please move your vehicle so others can charge."

I never heard of this idle fee before today.

When charging complete, I was lining up to pay in the supermarket. Think I was a few minutes late, so have to pay at my next service appointment

 

[ediot]

festie is almost always busy, so they'd enforce the idling charge policy more frequently*. sounds a bit harsh to accrue fees, but it's been deemed a necessary evil due to the massive frustration from people hogging charger spots after charging is done.


*they do not accrue idling fees at nono-busy chargers e.g. when two other stalls are available.

 

[Hobbies]

Hi all,

I'm new here.

Just got a message this morning in Festival Walk.

"Charging complete. Idle fees are now accruing. Please move your vehicle so others can charge."

I never heard of this idle fee before today.

When charging complete, I was lining up to pay in the supermarket. Think I was a few minutes late, so have to pay at my next service appointment

I got the same message, but it appeared IMMEDIATELY as the car stopped charging.... I thought it only started charging fee's AFTER 5 mins so you can get back to your car as per the original posters comment?

 

[markwj]

I got the same message, but it appeared IMMEDIATELY as the car stopped charging.... I thought it only started charging fee's AFTER 5 mins so you can get back to your car as per the original posters comment?

See the announcement message:

Supercharger Idle Fee

The Tesla app allows owners to remotely monitor their vehicle, alerting them when their charge is nearly complete and again once fully charged. For every additional minute a car remains connected to the Supercharger, it will incur a $0.40 idle fee. If the car is moved within 5 minutes, the fee is waived.