Free lifetime supercharging for Foundation Series Cybertrucks in inventory

[Sjohnson20]

Would be nice to have. Seems like it should have been a foundation series perk from the beggining.

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[Husky_man]

yeah I used the free 6 months, but still the voucher should have been for $2500 (that is what I got in my email at the beginning). Anyways $2500 is a drop in the bucket compared to unlimited supercharge. I would have kept this truck for 10+ years if that what the case.

I was told $4000 toward PowerShare back in December when I placed my order. Still nothing not even a response to my many inquiries. Also still waiting on Light bar. OK truck but Teslas customer service is horrible. First and last Tesla for this family.

 

[Jon Snow]

Looks like us early adopters got stiffed again.

Inventory FS trucks now get lifetime supercharging. Sigh.

The reward for early adopters is early Cybertrucks. Buy what you want and when you want it man.

 

[Mal]

I was told $4000 toward PowerShare back in December when I placed my order. Still nothing not even a response to my many inquiries. Also still waiting on Light bar. OK truck but Teslas customer service is horrible. First and last Tesla for this family.

Did you initiate the install via qmerit?

https://qmerit.com/ev/cybertruck-powershare/

I never heard from Tesla, but I filled out the form on the qmerit website and that started the ball rolling. I got contacted by a local electrician (referred through qmerit) and went through the install process. Tesla wants to send the powershare gateway and wall connector to the installer directly, I believe. The quote I got from the electrician included the gateway and wall connector, and a $4000 credit from Tesla.

 

[Jedi2155]

Would be nice to have. Seems like it should have been a foundation series perk from the beggining.

They already had enough demand, that they didn't need / nor want to add more perks to early owners. It would've made an extremely high demand car even more so. My original RN was ~4000 in line and I was offered to put in an order on 12/15/2023 which I did. After doing the math, I figured I'd wait for prices/demand to die down which took over a year. FUSC and/or the lease buyout sealed the deal for me.

 

[BlueLightning]

Oh, 12-31-24, SC are closed, too late now!

 

[mjezzi]

Always time your order to schedule delivery within the last few days in the quarter if you can.

It’s amazing how they continue to trickle in incentives as the days count down. I know there was a chance to miss out on other last minute incentives, but I didn’t expect this last minute deal.

I may have done this if I wasn’t leaving town for the holidays. Got a non foundation instead.

Free supercharging would have been amazing though since we plan on using the truck mostly for roadtripping/camping from our home in Colorado.

Instead I’ll invest the foundation vs non foundation difference into TSLA and I’ll probably come ahead in the end anyways.

i don’t think I would be upset though if I bought a foundation series before the non foundation was sold. You pay a higher premium to get it sooner.

 

[mjezzi]

PSA: I have Free Supercharging for life on my 130k mile 17MS and having that has saved me about $2k a year in fuel/charging.

I will definitely be trading in my FS AWD CT for one with Free Charging for life when it rolls around again. Easy choice.

You’ll never see this promo again.

 

[mjezzi]

Something to keep in mind is that you lose the $2500 voucher which I was originally expecting, for the Free Supercharging. So the folds who did not get free supercharging for life would have to have driven at least 20,000+ miles via supercharging before it made up for the $2500 difference.

$2500/$0.30/kWh = 8333 kWh / 385 Wh/mi = 21,645 miles.

Keep that in mind when your upset about losing the free supercharging incentive.

The real solution for anyone super-upset is to buy a second Foundation Series truck, and sell your first one if you're really upset about it.

Rates are higher than 30 cents in average and you’re not getting that efficiency going 75+mph. Free supercharging is a great deal if you would use the truck often for road tripping.

 

[xcellbeast]

Can’t charge at home on a road trip. That’s what supercharging is for.

Exactly! These guys must not have left town before in their EV.

 

[Outdoors]

absolutely, you must have an issue with wiring size, power supply. the truck adjusts for those issues like you have it appears. Sad for you. You should have a licensed electrician look into that.

Maybe not. One will not get 48 amp through the entire trip to 100%. That last 5 % takes substantially longer to get to a true 100% charge.

This is satire. Right? If one does not understand the letters EST. well I can help. Means estimated. Not promised.

That looks like what I see, it says about 22mph, fluctuating a bit with voltage and systems usage. At 32A it says 14/15 mph so 0 to full would likely be around 20 hours.

Again is not a linear process as noted above. The napkin math doesn't work out like y'all think.

You’ll never see this promo again.

Says the person that hasn't been around Tesla very long.


Tesla pulls demand levers however and whenever they want. Just like a local dealer runs promos. Yet Tesla does it for everyone. Which in turn makes headlines.

If cheese ball car dealer ^ does a sale or inventory clearance. No one gives a rats tail. Fitting name for a traditional dealer.

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

Maybe not. One will not get 48 amp through the entire trip to 100%. That last 5 % takes substantially longer to get to a true 100% charge.

We all know that. But it's pretty darn accurate on estimated time to charge to 100%. Like 99.9999% accurate.

 

[Outdoors]

Yet people are doing napkin math at full amps. That isn't right.

I would say drive your Chevy EV is you are so worried about how fast you can charge. Your rationale when one shows all the other cars in stable is kind of diminished.

It does matter on why 48 amps. I have the high amp chargers and love them for our S. Yet I rarely see them outside of my home. A couple times at destination chargers, as they aren't made anymore. I think it matters as people don't do the wiring correctly. If home fires happen due to this it isn't Tesla's fault, but it doesn't look good. People will up the amps and if the wall charger isn't done right it will pop breakers and lead to customer service calls. Remember most people are exactly that, stupid. They aren't on Tesla forums, and don't understand watts or amps and crap. They just want it to charge fast.

Someone also said weight. Well that is wrong. The onboard 72 amp PCS in a S weighs maybe 4 ounces more than a 48amp. Dual chargers aren't used since old days. I swapped mine in the S and they gave me the old one. It is only one item inside. Then later on they became software enabled.

Simplification of product selection along with charging network has always been Tesla's response. Same reason as why a 500 mile battery won't be seen absent a real change in tech for the Cybertruck. The current charging network keeps batteries small and a quick charge available closer and closer to home.

Yet I will say GM is working on higher amp home chargers, as in higher than one could imagine. They are thinking infrastructure improvements, and that over time peak and off peak will disappear. I have seen in two homes that are used for charging three EV's at same time. Snazzy yet I struggle to find a need with all the cars we have. I always have a car or truck that is charged, and if I came home and needed to go I would take a different one or hit a supercharger that is on the way to wherever I would go. Have one 70 miles from home in 4 different directions, and soon it will be 6 different directions. So nothing missed, and I drove 64k in 2024.

 

[TexasRaider]

Free super charging for all FS owners. We had to deal with the early issues (still).

I still don't have wheel covers!

You’ll never see this promo again.

Why do you say that? I believe we have seen see this a few different years at the EOY push for the more expensive models since 2018. (At least that I can recall.)

 

[Crissa]

That's the at 32A sentence Crissa, 14-15mph.

No one argued you can charge to full in 12 hours on 7kW.

I don’t miss living in a blue state at all.

This has nothing to do with blue/red. There's literally more energy (and water) in Georgia than Massachusetts, hence the prices are lower.

Tax burden relates to services. You get less service in Georgia, with consequently lower gdp per capita and life expectancy.

Someone also said weight. Well that is wrong. The onboard 72 amp PCS in a S weighs maybe 4 ounces more than a 48amp. Dual chargers aren't used since old days. I swapped mine in the S and they gave me the old one. It is only one item inside. Then later on they became software enabled.

This is just not true. I don't know what you think you have, but literally a double sized charger is bigger and heavier. Usually in proportion to how much more it does. And the old ones didn't use the newer power components with are more compact and heat resistant.

Maybe not. One will not get 48 amp through the entire trip to 100%. That last 5 % takes substantially longer to get to a true 100% charge.

A variable number which is not an additional 8 hours, which was the claim, and does not change for however big your charger is. (Hence one reason to not do it on a DC fast charger)

Would be nice to have. Seems like it should have been a foundation series perk from the beggining.

They sold what, 40k before having to pull this lever, so apparently it didn't need to be part of the package.

-Crissa

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