OK, my free supercharging miles/Kwh have finally been used up (after almost 2 years).
Did my first "paid" supercharging this past week and have a question. When I selected the supercharging location, the car showed a price of .39 per Kwh. (That was a shock, last time I checked it was .29) Did my charging and the screen reported a cost of 10.38 for the charge. When I looked at my actual bill on my account, it showed a price of .36Kwh. The total amount was the same as the car reported though.
3 days later, went to the same supercharger, got my "juice" and the car reported a cost of $5.35. Upon checking the bill, the total amount was the same as reported by the car, but the per Kwh rate on the bill had jumped to .43! I checked the rate shown in the car and it now showed .46Kwh.
Is this variation from the car rate to the actual bill rate normal??
And at these rates, figuring 3 miles per Kwh, the cost per mile of driving is essentially the same as a gas vehicle. Is this an example of Tesla taking advantage of a captive audience? The supercharger is in NY state and looking around the car map display, .46 now seems to be the rate all NY superchargers are charging. I live in NY and have not seen any significant increase in my home electricity rates, but it might be because of the difference of residential rates vs commercial rates maybe? I don't know.
Any clarification on how Tesla sets it's rates would be appreciated.
Did my first "paid" supercharging this past week and have a question. When I selected the supercharging location, the car showed a price of .39 per Kwh. (That was a shock, last time I checked it was .29) Did my charging and the screen reported a cost of 10.38 for the charge. When I looked at my actual bill on my account, it showed a price of .36Kwh. The total amount was the same as the car reported though.
3 days later, went to the same supercharger, got my "juice" and the car reported a cost of $5.35. Upon checking the bill, the total amount was the same as reported by the car, but the per Kwh rate on the bill had jumped to .43! I checked the rate shown in the car and it now showed .46Kwh.
Is this variation from the car rate to the actual bill rate normal??
And at these rates, figuring 3 miles per Kwh, the cost per mile of driving is essentially the same as a gas vehicle. Is this an example of Tesla taking advantage of a captive audience? The supercharger is in NY state and looking around the car map display, .46 now seems to be the rate all NY superchargers are charging. I live in NY and have not seen any significant increase in my home electricity rates, but it might be because of the difference of residential rates vs commercial rates maybe? I don't know.
Any clarification on how Tesla sets it's rates would be appreciated.