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Isn't this just the corporation circle of life? Hot new company appears. It offers great value and undercuts the old guard. As they grow in market share their

Isn't this just the corporation circle of life? Hot new company appears. It offers great value and undercuts the old guard. As they grow in market share their rate of growth starts to slow as do their investor returns. They start to focus on locking people into their ecosystem with integrations instead of acquisitions. Then once it's hard to leave, they jack up the price. The captive audience has to keep paying despite diminishing, but non-zero, value to them. Eventually prices become too much and they are undercut by the next startup a generation later. The cycle continues. Tesla will lock up most of the supercharger market, become indispensable and then eventually charge like it. See also cloud and streaming services. I wish companies could be happy to reach a stable equilibrium where profits and prices are both steady but that doesn't seem to be possible under the growth model.

trixie_ 4y ago
Except the price is up for all charging stations and all new Teslas work with the CCS standard. Adapters coming soon. So no it’s not all a conspiracy to price gouge people. Regardless most people charge at home for significantly less and start each day with 300 miles of range.
- nemosaltat 4y ago
  Also Tesla have added recently additional visibility to charging costs. In the mobile app you can select your location and utility rate plan, including manual entry options if you desire, and the app will give you stats. There’s a percentage break-down of Supercharging/at-home/other, your spend, and percentages of at-home usage time relative to the rate plan you selected (or manually entered). I feel fortunate to not have tk commute with an ICE in CA right now.