Free Supercharge worth it?

[Gaximus]

I do 2 road trips a year totaling less than $500 in supercharging. The cost for me to charge at home is 0.06 kWh, and free when I charge during the day (Crap ton of solar). My opinion is that if you own an EV, you should be charging at home/work. This is the major benefit over ICE vehicles. Wake up every morning with a full tank. To sit a a super charger for 30 minutes, to save $3 on your electric bill, is valuing your time at $6 and hour. Less than minimum wage.

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[CT Owner Vito]

If we keep the Cyberbeast for 200k+ miles, that’s about $40–50k in charging savings - basically back to the original $70k price in 2019. The question is, would we need to spend another $25k+ on a battery replacement by then, and would free charging still carry over?

I had forever free SC on my 1st MS (and, on several others, after). But, it was my experience with that 2014 vehicle, it had 224,000 miles when I sold it last year, the battery was replaced under warranty (after it expired), and the FFSC remained unchanged.
Well worth it, in my case. YMMV

 

[sefar]

Depends- typical lawyer answer.

I charge at home or work most of the time, 12 cents per KwH. I have free SC on my MS and it is good for trips but I rarely ever charge away from home otherwise. I only SC the CT when I pull a trailer, and the cost is not substantial.

I have noticed more full charging spaces in my metro area which means longer wait times. Especially since some non Teslas have the charge port in front and those drivers take two charger slots.

 

[sycamore22]

Absolutely for 9 months….

 

[CyberTruckz]

One main perk of an EV is easy at home charging, my time is worth more in my opinion.

 

[TwiztOG43]

I do 2 road trips a year totaling less than $500 in supercharging. The cost for me to charge at home is 0.06 kWh, and free when I charge during the day (Crap ton of solar). My opinion is that if you own an EV, you should be charging at home/work. This is the major benefit over ICE vehicles. Wake up every morning with a full tank. To sit a a super charger for 30 minutes, to save $3 on your electric bill, is valuing your time at $6 and hour. Less than minimum wage.

Your opinion is based on your use case, everyone is different. For my use case if I had free supercharging I would definitely use superchargers often since the one by my work is in a shopping plaza, I would do my errands while charging.

I also do a 700mi round trip every other week, so I would definitely make use of that free supercharging.

 

[Lasttoy]

I have 20k miles traveling. It would save me a lot.

 

[mongo]

It there an insurance rider I can get for future supercharging if my truck is totaled?

 

[Cactusrick]

In MA electricity at home is .37 / kw basically the same or more than Supercharging around here...so yes it is in MA.

If you had .07 kw off peak you might not care so much.

Where I'm at off peak time 11 pm-5 am @ .08 kw....... but I'd sure love to take a long road trip to our National Parks...with free SC ... Too bad they don't sell it by subscription per month at a discounted price???

 

[RDMSguy]

For me the free supercharging for life was well worth it. I got mine in the first week of January this year and I've already charged 14,380 kWh at the superchargers. But I also don't have the ability to charge at home.

 

[hemiarch]

For me the free supercharging for life was well worth it. I got mine in the first week of January this year and I've already charged 14,380 kWh at the superchargers. But I also don't have the ability to charge at home.

That’s more than $4k. Probably closer to 5k

 

[RDMSguy]

That’s more than $4k. Probably closer to 5k

Oh yeah. Easily. Probably even more than 5k. The charging stations I use 90 percent of the time for work are usually charging .44 cents per kWh, with some peaking as high as .58 cents per kWh. But I live in California and energy here is horribly expensive.

 

[Trekboy]

Same here - .47 kwh here at home and only 3 miles to a supercharger.
Free SC is a $400 month lifetime gift in my situation.

PGE rates are criminal. I live in Redding, CA and we have a public utility....15/kWh.

 

[roadrunner32]

I do 2 road trips a year totaling less than $500 in supercharging. The cost for me to charge at home is 0.06 kWh, and free when I charge during the day (Crap ton of solar). My opinion is that if you own an EV, you should be charging at home/work. This is the major benefit over ICE vehicles. Wake up every morning with a full tank. To sit a a super charger for 30 minutes, to save $3 on your electric bill, is valuing your time at $6 and hour. Less than minimum wage.

Yes indeed. especially when you don't have the time. Yeah, I could go in and get a barbecue or something at Buc-ees, eat it in the truck. But then there is that food smell in the truck which will attract rats, they like to eat on the wiring. . Plus when you get home you need to plug in to make up for the electricity you used getting home (30 miles). That is so you have the full 80% charge in case the electrical grid goes out which it does frequently. All that sounds like complaining, it's just my own personal dilemma. I love my cyber truck and my wife likes her model Y. we are blessed!

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