The move will leave new buyers without a way to recharge at home… unless you pay $400 more
In a surprising move, Tesla has suddenly discontinued its longstanding practice of including charging equipment with its vehicles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to comments on Twitter about the new policy by saying “Usage statistics were super low, so seemed wasteful”.
Every electric vehicle produced up until 2022 has included as standard equipment some sort of charging equipment. In the early days of EVs, most vehicles came with a simple 120-v portable charging cord. More recently though, many manufacturers are including dual-voltage portable charging equipment that allows the user to toggle between 120-volt and 240-v charging by switching an adapter on the unit.
However, the Kia EV6 that was just recently launched does not come with any charging equipment either, making it the first EV sold in North America that didn’t come with any form of charging equipment.
Tesla has always provided a dual-voltage mobile connector, and as they are in many ways, has been a leader in providing exceptional portable charging equipment as standard equipment with all of its vehicles.
However, that practice is over. Tesla no longer includes charging equipment with its cars. New owners will need to purchase charging equipment before they take delivery of their vehicle or they won’t have a way to charge it when they get it home. They could, of course, use Tesla Superchargers, but one of the best aspects of electric vehicles is the ability to plug in at home and charge the car up overnight while you’re sleeping.
Quite often, first-time EV buyers will use the 120-v charging cord when they first take delivery of their EV until they figure out what equipment they want to buy and install in their garage. Since the 120-v charging equipment can plug into a simple household outlet, the owners have a way to charge their EVs right from day one, albeit in a slow way.
That’s because while charging on a 120-v source, the vehicles will only replenish about 3-5 miles of range for every hour of charging. But that will work for most people in the short term until they decide on a permanent solution.
Many Tesla owners chose to install a NEMA 14-50 outlet and use the Mobile connector with the NEMA 14-50 adapter for all of their daily charging needs. They did, however, need to purchase the NEMA 14-50 adapter from the Tesla website for $35.00. Tesla used to include the NEMA 14-50 adapter with the mobile connector but discontinued that practice in 2019. Since then, only the 120-v NEMA 5-15 adapter came standard with eh mobile connector.
Besides using the portable charging equipment for daily charging, many EV owners like to have some kind of portable EVSE in the vehicle at all times just in case they find themselves in need of a boost somewhere. Even if they never use it (which is most likely what Elon was referring to when he said usage statistics were very low) having it there just in case provided peace of mind for many.
In concert with discontinuing the practice of including the mobile connector with its vehicles, Tesla now offers two versions of the unit. Customers can purchase a 120-v version with a NEMA 5-15 plug for $275.00, or a higher-powered 240-v unit with NEMA 14-50 plug for $400.
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