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Net net: they intend super chargers to be for travelers and not everyday use. Probably because the super chargers are getting clogged up with people who are act
by paulsutter 10y ago
Net net: they intend super chargers to be for travelers and not everyday use. Probably because the super chargers are getting clogged up with people who are actually driving locally and could have charged at home.
- baddox 10y agoSeems like they could handle that problem directly, considering the cars have GPS.
- perbu 10y agoThat has been considered. But you get into a lot of corner cases. For instance. I might suddenly need to go on a long drive. I only have 25% SoC and I will use the closest supercharger to charge up to 80% and be on my way. This way they add a cost to supercharging and people get to control their allotted free charge capacity as they see fit.
- baddox 10y agoI don't understand. You just charge money for the Supercharger network when used not as part of a long-distance trip.
- jdbernard 10y agoIt's almost always better to change the incentives to encourage the desired behavior rather than to try to police behavior directly.
- baddox 10y agoYou would just charge money for Supercharger usage that isn't part of a long-distance trip. The price would still be affordable, just like this article describes. In other words, it would be just like the upcoming situation the article describes, except that Superchargers would be free if the car's GPS demonstrates that you're on a long-distance drive.