Tesla to introduce ‘congestion fee’ to charge EV to 100%

The new fee would be alongside the already instated ‘Supercharger Idle fee’, which applies when a car is parked even after it’s done charging.

According to a media report, Tesla is planning to introduce a ‘congestion fee’ at its supercharger stations.

This comes following an update in 2019, when Tesla limited the car’s charging to just 80% in order to reduce the charging time, especially during peak hours. Tesla explained that since most people don’t charge to 100% and that the last 20% charges slowly – limiting the charging to 80% would greatly shorten charging sessions.

This feature though, was soon modified, allowing owners to manually change the charging back to 100%. However, now the carmaker is working on a ‘congestion fee’ for such manual changes.

As per reports, Tesla’s latest software update for the Superchargers will set the state-of-charge at 80%. EV owners wanting more would have to pay an additional fee to lift the charging limit. There is no word though on the exact amount that will charged as a “congestion fee”.

The new fee would be alongside the already instated ‘Supercharger Idle fee’, which applies when a car is parked even after it’s done charging.

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