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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by FireBeyond on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:08PM (#29301113)
> How? If you’re at full and the Supercharger is at high capacity they start paying idle fees. I mean I guess someone can sit there for no reason but that’s a surprising story to me.

Because the idle fee is less than some parking garages cost? Or less than the convenience cost of moving the car?

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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by bin_bash on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:13PM (#29301152)
the idle fee is $1/minute
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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by FireBeyond on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:29PM (#29301264)
That's a gamble/risk.

It's only 50c/minute if the supercharger is not fully occupied when you park.

If you're in some of the bigger cities, you can easily be approaching $30/hr for prime parking. And the idle fee is only for the period in excess of the active charging.

Tesla also just massively increased charging prices: https://carbuzz.com/news/tesla-supercharging-costs-have-quad...

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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by bin_bash on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:37PM (#29301318)
If there were spaces open then GP wouldn't be having this problem. And $60/hour for parking would be outrageous anywhere in the country.
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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports by ericmay on Sunday November 21, 2021 @07:46PM (#29301389)
Yes. Also the fee kicks in after a 5 minute grace period. You’re looking at $55/hour easy. Wouldn’t be surprised to see escalating idle fees in the future ($1/minute the first 15, $2/minute next and so on)
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