In the pursuit of shorter charging times and fewer traffic jams at Tesla’s Supercharger stations, the electric car giant is apparently planning a controversial innovation: the introduction of a “congestion fee”. The planned introduction of the new fee is causing heated discussions within the Tesla community.
• Highly frequented Supercharger stations are regulated
• Tesla hacker reports new fee
• Users are critical of innovation
Tesla limits charging level
US automaker Tesla has introduced a controversial measure in its efforts to reduce congestion at Supercharger stations. Back in 2019, the electric car manufacturer began limiting the charge level of its vehicles to 80 percent at busy Supercharger stations in order to shorten charging times during peak times. However, this led to concerns among owners as there are situations where a charge above 80 percent is necessary, as Electrek magazine reports.
To address these concerns, Tesla allowed owners to manually increase the charge level to 100 percent, Electrek further reports. This seemed to solve the problems and put most vehicle owners at ease. But now Tesla is apparently planning a more drastic measure, as can be seen from an X post by the Tesla hacker “Green”, who has already published innovations at Tesla early on in the past. Accordingly, Tesla is working on a “congestion fee”. At busy stations where Tesla sets the charge level at 80 percent, drivers could now have to pay more if they increase the limit above 80 percent.
Peeked a bit into 2023.38, lots of stuff seems to be in motion.
Congestion fees added (if you charge above 80% on a congested supercharger)
“object on road” pushed by map service (waze-like, but detected by (other tesla) car visions?)
option to autodial 911 on airbag deploy– green (@greentheonly) October 20, 2023
Tesla already charges Supercharger parking fees
However, it is unclear how high this new fee will be. This is not the first time that Tesla has introduced fees for the use of its Supercharger stations. Currently, the “Supercharger parking fee” is due if a vehicle remains parked at a Supercharger station after charging, as the company itself announced. However, unlike the new “congestion fee,” Electrek said this fee has sparked less controversy because most people believe Supercharger stations should be used primarily for charging, not parking.
New fee causes discussion
However, the introduction of the new “congestion charge” raises questions and sparks discussions in the Tesla community, as a post on Reddit reveals. Some drivers say that in the past they have occasionally been forced to charge to over 80 percent to reach the nearest charging station along their route, especially on lower-range models.
Overall, it remains to be seen how the introduction of this new fee will be received by Tesla drivers and to what extent it can actually reduce peak times at Supercharger stations.
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