New Tesla owners in China will no longer enjoy free supercharging for life, Tesla China announced in a post on their local blog. Tesla China says the proceedings of the new fee will be used to expand the supercharger network. To ease the pain Tesla grants owners a free 400 kWh of supercharging credits per year, which is good value for around 1,600 kilometers of driving. Some potential customers are already wondering what other promises Tesla will break in the future, as the company used to promise lifelong free supercharging. That is a very risky part of the policy, as there is nothing that will irk Chinese Tesla owners more than a price hike.

Source: Forbes January 17, 2017 08:03 UTC