How I gifted 30,000km of free Tesla Supercharging

Again in 2019 I purchased my first Tesla – it was a Tesla Mannequin 3 Efficiency – and whereas I used to be ready for the automotive to be delivered, I included referral hyperlinks in my critiques and social media descriptions for anyone else already shopping for a Tesla.

The referral hyperlink allowed the client to assert 1500km of free Supercharging when their automobile was delivered.

In the end, I wished individuals to make use of the hyperlink to get 1500km of free Supercharging, which they did, however it additionally meant I obtained 1500km.

I had little interest in utilizing the free Supercharging, nor did I need to revenue from anyone utilizing my referral code. So as a substitute I pledged that I’d donate cash to charity if I personally used any Supercharging miles.

Quick ahead 4 years and I had round 30,000km of free unused Supercharging credit that had been expiring on the finish of April 2023 – and I offered the Mannequin 3 Efficiency and purchased a Mannequin Y as a substitute.

There’s no option to technically ‘donate’ or present Supercharging credit to anyone, so I got here up with a plan.

In principle any automotive linked to my Tesla account can be eligible to make use of the Supercharger credit, so after testing out the idea with my brother who drives a Mannequin 3, I put a name out on social media and requested if anyone wished to assist dig into the steadiness of free charging I had left.

I had a stack of individuals reply to the social media submit, however the catch was they wanted to switch possession of their automobile to my Tesla account so as to use the free charging credit.

At this level lots of people weren’t eager on the idea of giving me full management of their automotive. However, a lot to my shock, there have been quite a lot of takers.

So we began the method of transferring the vehicles to my account. These courageous souls then had round two months to make use of as a lot of the 30,000km of free charging as humanly attainable over that interval.

The 5 individuals who took up the provide ended up utilizing round 20,000km of free charging over a two-month interval (a mean of round 500km of journey per week every).

Sadly the remainder of the credit expired a number of days in the past and at the moment are completely gone. However, it felt good to do an excellent deed!

In the event you’re questioning, the explanation I didn’t use a Supercharger throughout my years of possession was as a result of we now have very low cost off-peak charging at residence.

Every time we travelled I’d additionally e book a resort or lodging with entry to charging to keep away from utilizing a Supercharger.