Tesla Superchargers Weren't Meant For Everday Local Use -- Elon -- Tesla -- August 20, 2015

Tesla updates continue. Regular readers know how I feel about Tesla.

Recently:

• pundits announce that Tesla is burning through cash
• Tesla took out a $750 million loan from a 7-bank consortium
• Tesla recently raised another $625 million (or thereabouts) in another equity offering
• Tesla missing "delivery" targets
• Mercedes announces as recently as yesterday that it is dumping Tesla; will compete with Tesla head-to-head
• Audi is reported as recently as yesterday to begin competing head-to-head with Tesla

Now, these new articles on their $2,000 charging stations.

GreenCarReports is reporting that the Tesla letter to rein in local supercharger use goes wrong.

Last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a change in Tesla’s Supercharging philosophy.

Instead of "free forever" (the phrase the company has used since the beginning), Musk said the Supercharger promise is now “free long-distance travel forever” Superchargers, the free ultrafast Tesla-only DC charges spaced along Interstate highways, weren’t meant to be used for local driving by lucky owners who happen to live near one, said Musk.

Tesla Motors Club has this posting:

I was at the shareholder meeting and heard Elon say in effect Elon clarified that superchargers are really for long distance trips.

He acknowledged that there are some people using them for daily driving, and mentioned that a few are getting notes to that effect.

An owner can technically and legally use only superchargers for daily driving. What did he exactly mean? Has anyone received one of these notes? What about apartment dwellers without access to any plug?

And more at this Tesla Motors Club thread.

Many, many story lines here.