Tesla further increases prices at Superchargers

Once, charging at the Supercharger for the Model S was free, but those days are long gone. With the Model 3 in Europe in 2019, billing started at once-affordable 33 cents per kilowatt hour. But now, Tesla is significantly raising prices and what's even more frustrating is: Observer @tesla_adri discovered that the prices are not even uniform: In Germany, the price recently rose to at least 50 cents per kilowatt hour, an increase of another 2 cents. For some locations, @tesla_adri also found prices of 51 cents or 52 cents, as Tesla generally charges different prices across Europe.

EnBW and Ionity are also becoming more attractive for Tesla drivers

Exceeding the 50 cents mark at German Superchargers is a "tipping point" because: Other offers become correspondingly more attractive. With Ionity, frequent drivers can lower the fast charging rates to an affordable 35 cents per kilowatt hour with a monthly subscription of 17.99 euros. And EnBW, which charges 55 cents for DC charging without any basic fee, is hardly more expensive than Tesla. Here too, charging with a subscription becomes noticeably cheaper. Unfortunately, this also puts high fuel prices into perspective: anyone driving their Model 3 or Model S on long distances at an economical 20 kWh/100 km, pays ten euros for 100 kilometers. This is not far from the cost of a compact diesel consuming five liters per 100 kilometers.

What does this mean?

Unfortunately, with raw materials rising in cost, electricity is also becoming more expensive, which is why transitioning to renewable energies is all the more important! Because only then can the price of electricity be sustainably decoupled from the prices of oil and gas – and since wind and sun are always available (though not regularly), renewables need to be expanded faster and more robustly than ever. Moreover, Tesla needs to be careful not to lose its USP. If customers increasingly switch to EnBW, Ionity, and others, Musk's own infrastructure could become costlier and less attractive.