Is Tesla Charging Free? #Best Education Page #Online Earning

 So in this video today,

we're going to be answering a question

that I got after watching a popular video on YouTube,

and it's a question I think a lot of people might have

if you're not familiar with a Tesla

and if you don't own one, which personally I do not,

and I don't really have any friends who own one either,

and that question is whether or not

Tesla supercharging is free

or do you have to pay for it?

Because at the end of the day,

if the Tesla supercharging is in fact free,

that could be a much bigger reason

to switch over to this electric vehicle

as opposed to paying for gas every single week

or every time you're at the pump.

Now, the reason why this question popped into my head

is because I was watching a Ryan Trahan video the other day

where he was driving across the country

using Tesla Autopilot

to see if you could actually accomplish this,

and in that video he mentioned

that this was completely free.

So check out that clip now.

- Okay, first of all, cost.

Literally, this trip was free.

Apart from food, it cost us $0 to drive across the country.

That's insane.

I mean, what other cars can do that?

None, there's none.

- So, personally, after I watched this video,

I was totally stumped because I said I had no idea

that Tesla charging was free.

But here's the thing, guys.

It's not free in all cases.

So it's one of those scenarios here where the answer

is a little bit more complicated than meets the eye,

and that's we're gonna answer in this video today.

And like I said, guys, I figured

a lot of people were curious about this topic

and had this question themselves.

And if you are one of these people

that doesn't know whether or not Tesla charging was free,

go ahead and drop a Like on this video just so I know.

Maybe it was just me and I'm an idiot,

but I'm thinking that more than one person

had this question about the Tesla charging.

All right, guys, so before we get into

whether or not Tesla charging is free,

I wanna quickly go over what types of Teslas

are currently available for sale.

And no, I'm not doing this so I can conveniently fit

a mid-roll ad in this video.

It is relevant to whether or not the charging is free

because it only applies to certain vehicles.

So, first of all, we have the Tesla Model S,

which is the high-end sedan, which starts at $75,000.

Then we have the Tesla Model X, which is the SUV,

with a starting price of $81,000.

And then finally, we have the Tesla Model 3,

which is the more affordable sedan,

with a starting price of, wait for it, $35,000.

Now, there are a couple of other Tesla products out there

like the brand new Model Y,

the Tesla truck, the Tesla Roadster,

but those vehicles are not available for purchase right now

so they are irrelevant to this video.

Now, some of the vehicles that I just mentioned

do have unlimited free supercharging, but not all of them.

So let me go ahead and explain that now.

All right, guys, so if you've been living under a rock

for the last 10 years or so,

let's do a quick recap on Tesla

and the supercharging stations.

So Tesla makes purely electric vehicles

that do not have any gasoline.

So, basically, you have to drive to charging stations

to charge your vehicle

or you can charge it from the comfort of your own home

with a home charging unit.

Now, when you're charging your vehicle at home,

it can take 10 to 12 hours for a complete charge.

But these Tesla superchargers

are able to charge your vehicle

at a much faster speed and in most cases,

it will charge your vehicle in about 30 minutes.

Now, originally, guys, the deal with these Tesla vehicles

was that you had unlimited free supercharging

for all vehicles that they offered.

Yes, that is right, you heard that correct.

Unlimited charging for the life of the vehicle.

Now, it's important to remember here

that if you're not paying the cost of the charging,

then Tesla themselves is because they still have to pay

for the electricity use at these supercharging stations.

And then not surprisingly, on January 1st of 2017,

Elon Musk had to basically go back on this and say,

Look, this is just not sustainable long-term.

We can't be paying for all of this charging

for the life of a Tesla vehicle.

It was essentially used as a marketing gimmick

or marketing promotion to get more people to buy a Tesla

because they wouldn't have to pay

for any of the vehicle charging

at the supercharger stations.

However, when it came down to actually making money,

this was just not a wise business decision.

So what they were offering people instead

is free charging of 400 kWh per year

at the supercharger stations,

which is about 1,000 miles of range.

Then at that point, anything beyond that,

they would have to pay for the superchargers.

And stick around to the end of the video

where we'll talk about exactly how much that costs.

Now, Tesla has also run different promotions

over the last couple of years.

For example, there was one promotion

where if you referred a friend,

you or that friend were in fact eligible

for free charging at the stations.

So they've had different promotions that go on and off.

And even the current promotion that we're going

to discuss now likely will not be in place forever

because at the end of the day,

this is a ploy used to sell more Teslas.

And if sales naturally take off on their own,

then Tesla will no longer have to incentivize

the purchasing of these vehicles

through that free charging being offered.

In August of 2019,

Tesla brought back this free-charging perk

for the Model S and the Model X vehicle,

aka the expensive ones.

So anybody who purchased a Model S or Model X

after August 3rd of 2019 gets the unlimited free charging.

And anybody who purchased these vehicles

in between January 1st, 2017 and that date,

well, unfortunately, you do not get this perk.

So that begs the question,

what about the cheaper Model 3,

does that come with any kind of incentive?

Well, as far as I can tell here, as of September 2019,

you get two free years of unlimited charging

when you purchase a Model 3,

which is still a pretty good incentive

if you're looking to offset

some of the costs of that vehicle.

But it probably financially just doesn't make sense for them

as the Model 3 is likely going to be their largest seller

to go out there and offer

free lifetime charging on this vehicle.

So in a nutshell here, guys,

if you own a Tesla Model S or a Model X

and you purchased it in between the timeframe

when they suspended the unlimited free charging

and then brought it back,

well, you unfortunately pay for your Tesla charging

beyond that 400 kWh per year.

Now, if you own a Tesla Model 3, to the best of my ability,

what I could determine is that you get

a two-year free credit for unlimited charging,

but beyond that, you do pay

for the Tesla supercharging stations.

And if you are one of the fortunate people

who bought the Tesla Model S or the Model X

while they were running that promotion,

then yes, your Tesla charging is free, unlimited

for the life of that vehicle, which is incredible.

Now, from a business standpoint, I have no idea how Tesla

is affording to do this in the first place.

But as we know, Elon Musk is known for breaking boundaries

and doing things that nobody has ever done before.

(window glass smashing)

- Oh my god, well. - [Audience] Oh!

- So, obviously, I'm sure people have thought it through

and it is somehow cost-effective

when it comes down to growing market share

and getting more people behind the wheel of a Tesla vehicle.

Now, assuming that you do in fact pay

for the supercharging stations,

well, let's talk about how much that is going to cost you

and the answer is, again, a little bit weird here

because you have two different scenarios.

Some of the Tesla charging stations

are going to bill you based on kWh,

which is the most fair way to bill you.

That would be like a gas station billing you

for every gallon of gas that you put into your tank.

Now, not all of those stations

are able to bill in that manner

and so some of the other stations bill you

based on the time you're using the station

on a per-minute basis.

And it gets even more confusing from there

because we have two different tiers

of the per-minute billing

based on how fast you are charging your vehicle.

So tier one is the slower-charging

which is a speed of 60 kW or slower,

and tier two is the faster-charging, which is above 60 kW.

Now, Tesla sets these prices

and they do have the ability to change them.

But as of right now, in most locations,

the kWh price is 28 cents per kilowatt hour.

Tier one is 13 cents a minute

and tier two charging is 26 minutes per minute.

However, it is more expensive in some locations.

For example, Manhattan, it does cost more

for charging your Tesla vehicle.

Now, lastly, guys, I wanna answer the question here

of is this cheaper than gas?

So assuming that you are in fact paying

for your Tesla charging at these superchargers,

is it actually cost-effective?

Well, the Model 3 standard range

has a 54-kWh lithium-ion battery

and that means that a full charge would cost $15.12

at a cost of 28 cents per kWh.

And on a full charge,

the standard range Model 3 has a 250 mile range.

So if we do the math on that, guys,

that comes out to a cost per mile of six cents.

Now, for comparison's sake, let's look at the Toyota Camry,

which has a mile-per-gallon range of 29 city and 41 highway.

So if we do that smack-dab in the middle,

we're gonna call it 35 miles per gallon.

Now, here in New York Upstate where I live,

the cost for a gallon of gas is currently 2.65 per gallon.

So if you do the math on that, guys,

you are paying 7.6 cents per mile for a comparable gas sedan

versus paying six cents per mile

for a Tesla electric vehicle, the Model 3, in this case.

So the answer here is, right now based on current kWh prices

and current fuel prices, it is cheaper for fueling up

with electricity at a supercharger station

than it is to fill up for gas at a gas station.

So, anyways, guys, that is gonna wrap up this video.

I hope you enjoyed it.

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who maybe asking themself the same question

about whether or not Tesla charging is free,

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