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The only relevant point that's missing is the economics of that. If your car < 2017, free supercharge on some models. If your car > 2017, there'll be a fee aft
by woliveirajr 10y ago
The only relevant point that's missing is the economics of that.
If your car < 2017, free supercharge on some models.
If your car > 2017, there'll be a fee after some use (1,000 miles, more or less).
What will be the price of the cars > 2017? What will be the fee? It might be fair (if the price reduces enought so that the fee is compensated during the car's lifetime). It might be tricky (no price redution and a fee that just annoys those who travel and count on supercharge).
- Shivetya 10y agoOne would hope the price would drop on S/X models to reflect it but then again, they really don't need to as it may not be a major factor in sales. It will be very interesting how they handle people who park overnight or groups which hog existing sites. They probably need to set a limit for existing cars, high enough to not annoy non commercial owners. Plus, it might be a subtle way to increase sales last quarter.
- martin-adams 10y agoI doubt that they will reduce the price of the car because of this as they stated they want to use the money to invest in the Network.
- greglindahl 10y agoIf you work out how many $$$ are involved, it's trivial compared to the price of the cars. As another datapoint, adding free lifetime charging to the now-discontinued low-end Model S cars was $2,000. I'd bet that the dominant economic thing is how annoying it is to rent land and construct lots of little facilities. Reducing supercharging from free-for-all to mainly long distance charging is a way to minimize the annoyance while keeping most of the benefit to car owners.