Tesla owner shares how much it costs to charge the Model X at a Supercharger
- Tesla owner shares how much it costs to charge Model X at a Supercharger
- It took around 15 minutes to go from 12% to 42%
- The price it cost was surprisingly low
Published on Jan 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Jan 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
A Tesla owner has shared a real-time clip showing how much it cost him to charge his Model X to 30 percent while at a Supercharger for 15 minutes.
The Model X owner took his vehicle to one of Tesla’s Superchargers to boost his battery.
He arrived at the Supercharger when his Model X had just 12 percent battery left.
After plugging it in for around a quarter-of-an-hour, the battery sat at 42 percent – admittedly slower than filling up with gas, but it turned out to be much cheaper.
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The Supercharger was a lot cheaper than gas
One of the main plus points for EV owners is the fact that their cars can be ‘filled’ a lot cheaper than a regular gas-powered vehicle.
Last month, a Tesla owner revealed that he’d spent just $436 charging his truck at home for a whole year.
Now, in a short clip shared to YouTube, owner @AmazonandeBayGuru showed his Model X plugged in and charging.
“So, I’ve plugged it in now and I will show you how much it actually costs,” he explained in the clip.
The video then cut to a shot of him inside the car, with the display showing the car had increased to 42 percent battery.
“So far I’ve been charging for about 15 minutes and it’s taken me from 12 percent battery to 42 percent – so a 30 percent increase,” he said.
He revealed how much it cost to charge his Tesla 30 percent
So, how much did that set him back? A cheap-as-chips $5.20.
The clip serves to highlight how much cheaper it is to keep an EV on the road – so much so that one Tesla owner reckons he’s saved around $12,000 across five-years.
The Model 3 owner drove his car for 100,000 miles before crunching the numbers to work out his savings.
“I’m able to charge at home overnight more often than having to go to Superchargers,” he said.
“I haven’t seen much of an increase in my electricity bill.”
All in all, he thinks the savings stacked up to an incredible $12,000 over five-years of EV ownership.
Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
