A Rivian Tesla Charging Experience.

[Rally1]

Sounds like you did what the sign says, used that spot last.

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[SANZC02]

Superchargers are always lower cost than every other option in my experience. There is no SC on the planet that costs more than gas unless you're driving a Chevy EV.

I guess it depends on where you are.

Fountain Valley, CA Supercharger without membership is 74 cents a kWh between noon and 9pm. That means 20 miles at 2 m/kWh is $7.40, a vehicle getting 20 miles a gallon today would pay around $4.35.

 

[VSG]

Superchargers are always lower cost than every other option in my experience.

That's clearly not true in general. While they can be cheaper, they can also be more expensive. And the time of day pricing can make them *unreasonably* expensive.

It always pays to compare pricing, and to consider getting a membership - no matter which network you're charging on - if you plan to charge on that network more than a few times in a month.

 

[SwampNut]

I think you stopped reading before "in my experience." On top of that, it's probably true in general outside of RAN. Every single time I've had multiple choices, the SC is cheaper by far.

 

[VSG]

I think you stopped reading before "in my experience." On top of that, it's probably true in general outside of RAN. Every single time I've had multiple choices, the SC is cheaper by far.

I think I accurately represented the point you were making, which is that you think that Tesla is always cheaper in general/on average, and you think that your experience proves it. And this follow-up post of yours reinforces that.

Well, in MY experience, very few of the Tesla V3 superchargers are even open. The nearest open supercharger to me is about 25 miles away, and I'm in a major urban area, not in the middle of nowhere.

There are *three* EVGo chargers closer to me than that. EVGo is notoriously among the most expensive choices, but all three of these are CHEAPER than the nearest open Tesla superchargers.

This is my anecdotal experience, just like you have an anecdotal experience. Yet I refrain from stating an absolute such as "Tesla is always the most expensive choice", even though it might be true near me, because I recognize that one locale is not representative of the nation or the network as a whole.

So I think it was *you* who stopped reading, because my post which you are objecting to is true in general, not in any specific narrow use-case:

It always pays to compare pricing, and to consider getting a membership - no matter which network you're charging on - if you plan to charge on that network more than a few times in a month.

 

[norivian]

On most days, I read the dumbest thing of the day much later.

I had to sleep over that comment and i still don’t know what to say. ?

 

[Tango45]

I think I accurately represented the point you were making, which is that you think that Tesla is always cheaper in general/on average, and you think that your experience proves it. And this follow-up post of yours reinforces that.

Well, in MY experience, very few of the Tesla V3 superchargers are even open. The nearest open supercharger to me is about 25 miles away, and I'm in a major urban area, not in the middle of nowhere.

There are *three* EVGo chargers closer to me than that. EVGo is notoriously among the most expensive choices, but all three of these are CHEAPER than the nearest open Tesla superchargers.

This is my anecdotal experience, just like you have an anecdotal experience. Yet I refrain from stating an absolute such as "Tesla is always the most expensive choice", even though it might be true near me, because I recognize that one locale is not representative of the nation or the network as a whole.

So I think it was *you* who stopped reading, because my post which you are objecting to is true in general, not in any specific narrow use-case:

Are we looking for New Year's resolution suggestions?

 

[Donald Stanfield]

I had to sleep over that comment and i still don’t know what to say. ?

He wasn’t talking about your OP. He was talking about the guy implying you did something wrong by charging how you did.

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