Using Tesla's membership for the superchargers

[jasonthepro]

Those rates just seem like highway robbery - literally. An ICE truck can refuel for that much or less - at least I've been able to in the past in places like AZ and FL. I know it costs $$ to install and maintain DCFC stations, but at these rates, they must pay for themselves pretty quickly.

Hopefully, as we see more competition we'll see the prices drop. At home, I'm paying about $0.108/kWh.

Fortunately I have free charging at home albeit 120v 20amp circuit. TBF I drove over 360 miles that weekend in the cold snow and Colorado isn't EV friendly in terms of $$ compared to other states and registration. However home charging is low as 4c/Kwh.

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[jasonthepro]

How big is your battery? Did you do that in the Rivian? I know Silverado's have a 200KWH battery, but the max pack is only 140KWH. Theoretically if you hit the charger driving a Rivian at 0% and charged up to 100% at .37KWH X 140(max pack) it would be $51.80 unless I'm missing something? Trying for figure out how it was so much, as I regularly will run my truck with the large 130KWH battery down to single digits on road trips and with the tesla membership at .38 kwh, have never hit $50.

Tbf I did over 360 miles that weekend up in the mountains and it was 10 degrees outside when I was charging. Also it was combination of multiple supercharging sesh's that day.

 

[VSG]

Sounds like getting a 1-month membership may be a good idea before taking a longer road trip.

True of ANY network that you're going to use. EA will also give you a 25% discount on charging if you're a member, and EA membership only costs $7 (half of what Tesla chargers) so it pays for itself with 1 full charge of ~10-80%. When I take a road trip, the first time I stop at an EA station I activate the monthly membership, then when I get home I deactivate it.

Electrify Murica ? the rate was 50c/KWh + $2/minute fee and a minimum of 10 minutes flat rate...greed.

I've never been charged a per-minute fee or a minimum fee from EA - what station is that? AFAIK that is not part of their standard pricing structure. And $0.50/kWh is right in line with what you'll pay at a Tesla station, and is cheaper than what you'll get from EVGo, so I don't think that's excessive. Although of course we would all like it to be less...

Concur ^^^ We took a 500 mi RT trip in WA state this weekend and Tesla charging (without membership) was more per mile than my ICE Ram 2500 Cummins. :-/

Umm, that sounds made up. Sure, you can pay outrageous prices for either electricity or gas on a road trip, but if you're price sensitive then you choose your chargers as carefully as you choose your gas stations.

I don't know about you, but a 500 mile round trip in WA means I charge to 100% before I leave, then I plug in at my destination so I'm at 100% before I head back, and I never have to stop at a public charger at all unless I want to. I typically do, but since I don't have to I get to choose where to charge and for how long, so I can pick the cheap station or the slow station or the free station if I'm planning on doing something while charging.

So for example on a 550+ mile RT to Spokane from the Seattle area, I charge at home @<$0.14/kWh, then I might charge once at the Magic Dock in Moses Lake @$0.43, to add ~20% (~$10 without membership) just to have a range cushion and take a break. Then I charge at my destination for free (well, free to me as part of my hotel cost or because my host is paying the bill) then I do the same in reverse. There is NO WAY this trip ends up costing me more than $40 round trip in electricity costs.

What does that RAM get? Like 17 mpg on the highway? I'll give you 20 mpg - that means for 550 miles you're using ~28 gallons. AT $4.00/gal in WA right now. That's $112. Or almost THREE TIMES as much as my R1T. I don't see any way you can pay LESS for fuel with that RAM unless you're doing all your charging at the most expensive fast chargers you can find and doing none of your charging at home or at your destination.

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