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Tesla Introduces Fee For Owners Who Leave Their Cars At Supercharger Stations (techcrunch.com)
Tesla announced today that it will start charging owners a fee of $0.40 per minute if they fail to move their vehicles at a Supercharger station. If drivers don't move their cars within 5 minutes of the car hitting 100 percent, the fee will begin to assess. TechCrunch reports: "One would never leave a car parked at a gas station right at the pump and the same rule applies with Superchargers," read Tesla's announcement. How will one know that it's done and you need to scoot? Why, one will get an alert on one's phone, of course, via the Tesla app. One already does, in fact. So one never had any excuse. "To be clear, this change is purely about increasing customer happiness and we hope to never make any money from it," the announcement also reads.
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I took your advice and did so: 2 minutes and 47 seconds to fill up a little over 11 gallons. I even had time to turn off the annoying blaring audio advertisement and decline an up sell car wash. I'm with the first poster: 15 minutes to charge your Tesla is pretty fast, but it's not comparable.
Do they really think someone who owns a Tesla will care about that fee? Especially if that person has walked to the local Starbucks to buy a $4 cup of bitter coffee while they wait.