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Do they not work at all or can you set up "pay as you use" accounts?
Sorry I didn't understand what that video was trying to portray: based on my interpretation of the video text, the white 60 did not have supercharging enabled but a laptop was connected to the car, something was done to the car and then the white 60 could supercharge? That can't be right.
I did some napkin calculations for my 85 while killing time at a supercharger and IIRC it was something like 173 rounds of 80+% "fillups" was the breakeven point for me on the electricity cost. I don't know if I've passed that number yet but I suspect by TMC Connect 2016 that will definitely be the case.Some 60 buyers try to estimate how many times they would use a supercharger on trips, how much it would cost per use, is it worth that price per use vs. taking their other ICE car, etc.
Yes, that is right. But the point of my posting of the video was to answer the OP's question about what happens when a 60 that doesn't have SC enabled tries to SC, and that is part of this video. The laptop stuff is extraneous.
Was the person with the laptop who somehow on-the-fly enabled supercharging in a non-supercharging enabled S60 a Tesla employee?
It was a Tesla employee (part of the Supercharger team) with a Tesla car if I remember correctly. Either way supercharging can be enabled remotely by Tesla, no need to plug in a laptop.
...they say that supercharging is always free, but enabling the car costs money.
The 60s aren't paying a one time fee for supercharging. They're paying for the hardware and software in the car that makes the car capable to supercharge. You may think that's the same thing, but it's certainly legitimate for Tesla to describe it otherwise. If you recall that was originally how the option was described, $1000 for the hardware and $1000 for the software. Then they announced it was going to be in all 60's so people could decide later, or for resale, but probably it was just cheaper to build all cars the same way.So, in other words, it's not free. It bothers me when a company says that something you have to pay for is "free". It seems to me, Tesla needs to look up the definition of "free":
adverb
- 1.without cost or payment.
According to the definition of "free" all 60's should work if Supercharging really was free. It's not. That's like saying the gym I attend is free to use but in actual fact I have to first buy a membership to attend. Or the Sirius lifetime subscription I paid $500 for makes it free for me to listen to satellite radio whenever I want. No, I paid $500 for that "free" service. I don't think my gym or Sirius would even think of using the word "free" when "unlimited" and "lifetime subscription" are more apt descriptions. Tesla should be above such marketing gimmicks and replace the word "free" with "unlimited Supercharger use for a one-time fee".
The 60s aren't paying a one time fee for supercharging. They're paying for the hardware and software in the car that makes the car capable to supercharge. You may think that's the same thing, but it's certainly legitimate for Tesla to describe it otherwise. If you recall that was originally how the option was described, $1000 for the hardware and $1000 for the software. Then they announced it was going to be in all 60's so people could decide later, or for resale, but probably it was just cheaper to build all cars the same way.
Tesla's current language is clear that the cost of Supercharging is included with the 85 kWh battery and available for an extra charge with the 60.