Tesla Introduces Idle Fee To Keep Supercharger Network Available
Earlier this year Tesla announced that its free fast-charging Supercharger network would be shifted to a pay-per-use system for vehicles built after the 1st of January 2017, and now the electric automaker has added an “Idle Fee” for vehic
Earlier this year Tesla announced that its free fast-charging Supercharger network would be shifted to a pay-per-use system for vehicles built after the 1st of January 2017, and now the electric automaker has added an “Idle Fee” for vehicles left connected once they are fully charged.
The idea is to keep Supercharger stations ready for use, with owners in the US reporting long waits for access to the supercharger network as other owners leave fully charged vehicles unnattended and connected to the system, sometimes for hours at a time.
The new Idle Fee incentivises owners to return to their cars once their vehicle’s battery has been fully recharged, with Australian Tesla owners to be billed at a rate of 55 cents per minute until the vehicle is disconnected and moved.
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