Here’s How Much Tesla Has Paid For My Supercharging! 2 Years Free Charging Program

Kyle crunches some numbers in this episode looking back on all of the supercharging in his Tesla Model 3 Performance. When he bought the car in 2019 it came with a special program where Tesla covered all supercharging costs for 2 years. Here’s roughly how much this has saved Kyle.

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[CNCBuddy]

For Kyle on a Supercharger: At 329 Watt Hours per mile Kyle basically gets 3 miles per kilowatt hour. At 25 cents per kilowatt hour 300 miles costs $25.00. If a car was able to get an actual 30 MPG on the highway, it would need 10 gallons of gas, or $35.00 at $3.50 per gallon. That works out to a savings of 28%. There are lots of extra costs on a gas car, Oil Changes, Brakes, Tune Ups, etc. There are some extra costs on a Tesla: It goes through tires faster than some other cars, insurance costs more and you don't have a lot of repair options if something goes wrong. But its hard to imagine that the 250K mile cost on the Tesla wouldn't be much less than an equivalent gas car.

For Me, in the real world: I drive 250 miles twice per week to work in the office and pass through the super charging station at the Grapevine. Unlike Kyle I average 287 watt hours per mile in my Model Y (about 3.48 miles per kilowatt hour). Going from my home into Orange County I can make the entire trip on one 100% charge of my car (using about 72 kilowatts), using TOU charging for SCE that's $12.24. I can do that because there are tons of Super Chargers in Orange County (I arrive with less than 20 miles of range). Going back, I gain altitude and the nearest superchargers are further than my house so I have to stop. I also don't 100% charge before I leave. So I 80% charge (about $9.79) and put in about $10 at Tejon Ranch Super Charger (which is mostly $0.39 / kWh). So 500 miles round trip each week costs me $32.03. My wife drives a CX-5 which says it gets 31 mpg but actually gets 28. So that trip costs her (500 / 28 * 4.50) around $80 bucks.

Yes, in California we dream of $3.50 per gallon and 10 cents per kWh. The other thing that's funny is how much speed makes a difference my last trip had extra traffic so I averaged 267 Wh/mi. So road tripping at Kyle speeds saves 28%, Commuting at John speeds with mix of home and supercharger saves 60%.

Bonus Suggestion: Buy a Milwaukee M12 tire inflator and keep it in your car. Every time you stop to Supercharge, inflate your tires correctly. You will be amazed at how much more efficient your car is and how much longer your tires last when they are properly inflated. It will pay for itself in the first year and you will be safer.

[olemissjim]

I bought a performance 3 sleeper the same day as your 3 performance, it was the $1800 tax credit plus 2 years of free Supercharging that made me pull the trigger. Best car value in the world. Mine included more practical 18” wheels but has track mode and insane performance. With the chip shortages and record Tesla demand I could sell it for more than I paid . Crazy

[erickayson]

I've saved at least $10k in 4 years using supercharging 95% of the time.

[timwong]

Living here in Southern California with gas prices in the $4.53 neighborhood for regular, we have saved quite an amount of money. Love our Tesla’s.

[brandenflasch]

For most people, having free supercharging is a perk that’s mostly a marketing play. For road warriors like you and I, it can be a huge cost savings - I personally used about 23MWh of free supercharging on my former Model S 70D and saved over $5750 at about $0.25/kWh in a little under 2 years. This was also a big reason I went with VW ID.4 as my Tesla replacement - 3 years of free Electrify America!

[leaflover]

I have one free year on my Model Y bought in December 2020. It’s been fantastic.

[michaelm.]

DCFC companies should set up chargers next to their own grid storage and link it in. Then they have no demand charges and make revenue on both the battery storage and the DC charging.

[stangmatt]

Alyssa just chilin in the background lol

[Oprizzle]

Great videos! I’m surprised you don’t have 100k subscription. You need better tittles, maybe better head light pictures. You got amazing info. Need to pin point that info! Keep up the great work!

[danstockdale]

15:00 A good way to compare cost to "fill up" with ICE is miles/cost=miles per dollar x current fuel cost = ICE equivalent. So in your example: 60, 000/$5, 000=12 miles per dollar x $3.50 = 42 miles per gallon equivalent. Super excited to see the 100, 000 miles review and the charging expert videos!

[roberth]

Great ‘real-life’ cost analysis. Thank you. Electricity is a very high quality form of energy and when delivered at a rate trying to get as close as possible to gasoline (though much slower) it makes sense that it costs more. For most people home charging is less expensive, so that’s the value case that incentivises EVs.
I would love to see see the CO2 emissions comparison over your 100, 000 miles of driving. You probably would have to base it on national average electricity generation values of MWh/tonne CO2, over your period of driving. Even if this emissions data is out scope - I really look forward to seeing the big review.

[jull]

Excited for this "charging expert" episode! Keep up the great content, folks!

[kkitzhaber]

THANKS for your research. Sounds familiar to my experience. I bought the last of the "Free for Life" Supercharging 2015 Model S90D. Saved me... $2, 000 on Superchargers. AND $800 on AC charging.... over the last 3 years of owning this car. Pretty good deal. Covered 50k miles during that time.

[richardhale]

11 cents per kilowatt hour at home? I would LOVE that. Our standard residential rate is $.26/kWh with no time-of-day or demand discounts. ☹ But we don't drive electric to save money, we do it to not burn gasoline. Our electricity is provided by a supplier who generates with hydro, wind, and or solar production which is a few cents/kWh more costly.

[Kitsunemimi_]

Ionity in Germany is pretty expensive tho with 0.79€ for 1 kwh. Tesla Supercharging is 0.40€, and charging at ENBW for example is around ~0.50€ for DC

[TedKidd]

Love that I'm not alone on the farce of fast charging as a business for anyone besides Tesla

[fiehlsport]

Kyle, anything you’ve saved on supercharging you’ve more than made up for at Starbucks on those damn pink drinks!! 😂

[ABlueDahlia]

It's so crazy to see you've charged 8 times at Kingsland, GA! My sister lives there and I love that charging location always looks calm and serene. Not many places to walk from there, though.

[Chrisbs]

I have free supercharging for life and I use A better route planner to estimate how much it would have cost me for a trip. 90% of my charging is in my garage and electricity is still very cheap for an EV in Arizona. I will be giving that free supercharging up when my Y is delivered, but I also get paid for long work trips by the mile. so it's all good.

[rud]

hmm I think I had a year in expiration date on my 2000 miles of free supercharging. the first 1000 was a coworker buying a car using my code and the next1000 was me trading in my SR+ to a LR using his code. and the expiration date was I think a year after the last transaction.