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To: one guy in new jersey

My daughter has a Tesla.
Rich by no means.
She gets free charging at her employers.
Also bought it with no fee life time charging at Tesla charging stations.
She keeps monthly updated spreed sheets
She has a home charger and tries to never use it.
It is cost effective for her.


33 posted on 12/20/2025 6:36:43 AM PST by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: sausageseller

Many EV owners also own a hybrid car, or a normal internal combustion engine car, as well.

Is your daughter hedging her EV bet in this way?


43 posted on 12/20/2025 6:48:11 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: sausageseller

electric isn’t free. someone (employer, et al) is paying for the electricity that is charging her car.


61 posted on 12/20/2025 7:14:05 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: sausageseller
Re: Post 33

Your daughter doesn't get "free" charging at her employers.

The cost of that charging is coming from a markup to customers, reduction in salaries for her and her coworkers, and taxpayers via subsidies. It is NOT free.

84 posted on 12/20/2025 7:56:16 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: sausageseller
It is cost effective for her.

But not for the taxpayers who subsidize her costs. The taxpayer subsidy is not just the $7,500 federal credit (which recently expired) and additional credits at the state level. The feds and most states have yet to charge EV drivers with the equivalent of a gasoline excise tax that ICE drivers pay, to fund highway construction and maintenance and related infrastructure, even though EVs, because of their heavier weight, provide greater highway wear and tear than similar size/class ICE vehicles.

117 posted on 12/20/2025 10:02:39 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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