The Tesla Model 3 has seen unbelievable interest this year. Since the vehicle’s announcement earlier this year, the company has stirred a tremendous pot. While there are some issues that have risen from this, we’re waiting to see just how Tesla makes it through this storm of excitement.
One little thing just came out though. IF you thought you would own a Model 3 and be able to charge it up on the go for free as seen with the current Model S and Model X, you are wrong.
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, said in an interview that there is a cost associated with free supercharging and that the company will not be allowing that for every Model 3 sold. There is a catch, however. Musk notes that there will be a “package.”
Now given the context of his words it could mean that Tesla will offer a package with the Model 3 that allows for access to free charging along the company’s infrastructure, or it could mean you have to step up into the Model S or X vehicles.
To me, not being a Tesla owner, it sounds like a bummer; however, how expensive could the charging be at one of the company’s superchargers should I decide to go on a long distance trip?
So, we just have to ask: Is THIS a dealbreaker for the Model 3?
“Free supercharging fundamentally has a cost,” Musk, 44, said Tuesday during Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting, held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. “The obvious thing to do is decouple that from the cost of the Model 3. So it will still be very cheap, and far cheaper than gasoline, to drive long-distance with the Model 3, but it will not be free long distance for life unless you purchase that package.”
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