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High energy costs do not go unnoticed by electric cars: Tesla is increasing the prices at the charging stations
Within the last two years, the prices at Tesla charging stations have increased significantly. In 2020 the price was 33 cents per kilowatt hour, today it is 48 cents.
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It’s getting more expensive for electric vehicles: Tesla is noticeably increasing the prices for the superchargers, really cheap providers are becoming increasingly rare in Germany.
Even if the price shock is currently greatest at conventional filling stations, driving an electric car is also gradually becoming more and more expensive. Tesla only raised the prices for using the company’s own charging stations in December 2021. Now the next adjustment of the tariffs follows – Tesla is now calling 48 cents per kilowatt hour and thus another three cents more than before. That is already eight cents more than at the end of 2021 and a whopping 15 cents more than two years ago. In 2020, the price was still 33 cents per kilowatt hour.
At only three cents, the price increase hits Germany less hard than neighboring countries. In the Netherlands, the price jumps from 27 cents to 37 cents, in Austria a kilowatt hour now costs 41 cents instead of the previous 36 cents. In Sweden, the prices are now around 17 percent higher than before, here a kilowatt hour costs the equivalent of around 51 cents.
EnBW is currently the cheapest provider – with a subscription
EnBW now offers the cheapest charging stations, with an active subscription to the provider currently costing 46 cents a month for 5.99 euros at its own stations. Without a subscription, however, it is 55 cents.
In concrete terms, the new prices mean that 100 kilometers with a Tesla Model 3 Long Range with a consumption of around 21 kilowatts now cost ten euros. In 2020 it would have been around seven euros. Compared to combustion engines and the horrendous fuel prices, this is still significantly cheaper. On average, a liter of Super E5 currently costs 2.16 euros, with consumption of seven liters per 100 kilometers that would already be 15 euros.
The prices of the Tesla Supercharger are far from being at the top end of the range in Germany. At 79 cents per kilowatt hour, Ionity is currently unbeaten in first place. With a Supercharger, you can currently only get to these regions with a third-party product without a subscription. In countries like the Netherlands, where the charging stations have already been activated for other vehicles, the price per kilowatt hour is 70 cents.
source: Teslamag