Tesla‘s controversial decision to make its customers pay for access to its Supercharger network of fast-charge stations is going ahead, and the brand has announced estimates of what it will cost for owners to travel across different routes around the world.
The most pertinent locally, of course, is the jaunt down the Hume Highway from Sydney to Melbourne, which Tesla‘s Australian team has said will cost about $38.
According to Tesla, the move to ask buyers to pay for the fast charging service “allows us to reinvest in the network, accelerate its growth, relieve congestion, and bring all Tesla owners, current and Model 3, the best Supercharging experience”.
Buyers who order their new Model S or Model X after 15 January 2017 will get 400 kWh (kiloWatt-hours) of Supercharger credits, which the brand says will get them about 1600 kilometres of free motoring, and they get this every year on the anniversary of the car’s delivery. Existing owners have free Supercharger access for the life of their car.