Living with a Tesla without a charger at home

[@keithwoermke]

Great Video. I'm getting a model y in 2 months. I live in a condo with no charging yet. You made me feel a lot better.

[@Dontslaythybroski]

Hows the model Y?

[@keithwoermke]

@@Dontslaythybroski Love it. It's a great car and I will never go back it ICE. Do you have a model y and if you do, have you noticed smaill black marks on the Gemini wheels made by the Gemini wheel covers. I'm trying to get these marks off with no luck. I have a friend that has a model Y 2 months newer than mine and he has them also. These are marks from the plastic. I've even tried acetone with no luck. I can't get Tesla service to answer my concern. I also have FSD and it is amazing. I'll never give up my subscription.

[@AhmdYzbk]

Staying in apartment and planing to get Tesla, feel safe after seeing your video to own one 😊 thank you

[@rocketrollsvlogs7625]

I live in an apartment and have chargers in the apartment garage, but I probably supercharge 50% of the time because it's so convenient. I pass one on my way to work and it's convenient to charge for 10 to 15 mins while I'm in the convenience store. I live in a large metro area so it works for me. The only time I truly had to wait to charge was my first day after buying car because the dealer sold it with no charge and I couldn't access supercharger or dc charger because my adapter hadn't come in. It only takes 10 to 15 mins to add a couple of days worth of mileage.

[@Chris-be1fo]

0:33 your wife in the backseat has the seatbelt around her and the small child. This is very dangerous in an accident. The inertia of the mother will press the baby forward against the seatbelt with such force that the baby will be cut in half by the seatbelt. The baby should be secure in its own restraint.

[@RaviPatel85]

Exactly

[@ezrad5273]

that’s legal in Dubai where they live.

[@linusa2996]

@@ezrad5273 Legal has nothing to do with physics

[@michaelserres3604]

Or he just picked up the car from Tesla. Give the guy a break guys.

[@EnriqueRomualdez]

Thanks for making this video! We’re hoping to continue owning a Tesla when we move to Dubai in a few months - no expectations for a charger in our building. Feeling much more confident about this now.

[@varerkars]

Glad it was helpful!

[@smartphonegeek4332]

I have a public charger a block away from my workplace. Got a tesla 3 months ago and no regrets at all

[@PH61a]

I also live in an apartment. The nearest Supercharger is less than 7km from my home. I got 20.000km supercharge loading for free. In my street there are more than 25 11/22kWh chargers which cost considerably more (€0,40 to €0,55) than I would have to pay at a Tesla Supercharger (€0,21 to €0,30). I live in the Netherlands.

[@kushalmehta01]

Thanks for this. Really helps in making a decision. Didn’t know that superchargers are free in dubai. With no maintenance and no fuel cost , this is a big savings. Can you also do a video on the premium connectivity and how much does it cost in UAE?

[@varerkars]

Premium connectivity is free with the car in dubai

[@kushalmehta01]

@@varerkars I thought it’s free for 30 days only. Good to know all the perks of owning a Tesla are free in dubai 😎

[@shirazfarooqui]

Does charging on Supercharger always would mess with the battery life.

[@danveer]

Yes. Slightly

[@RONderluck]

Yes, that’s why I like to slow charge my Tesla to 80% and I do this about 99% of the time

[@deepakvarerkar9314]

Excellent info vlog!

[@embassyf1416]

Hey Siddarth, thank you for sharing this informative video. Although I'm not located in Dubai, watching the video has provided me with valuable insights into Tesla's capabilities and the possibility of maintaining it without a home charger. I do have a question regarding battery degradation concerns when utilizing public charging, particularly supercharging. Currently, my weekly commute is within 400km, so I assume that supercharging once a week should suffice. What is your take on this calculation? Can I confidently rely on supercharging without significant worries about battery degradation for about a year until I find a place with home charging?

[@varerkars]

400 KM a week would probably mean charging the car twice a week. I do 300km and usually have to top one to 2 times a week . If you have.l access to a Dewa charging it should be fine, but just depending on the super charger can be a bit of a pain due to all the limos at the super charges these days

[@Whyinem]

I read that it is not good for the battery’s long term health to supercharger exclusively? Have you noticed battery degradation through the life of your car?

[@scootztube]

wondering the same...

[@LanternEnergy]

If you’re consistently Supercharging to 100%, yes

[@srikanthm4397]

Hey Siddarth, thanks for wonderful tesla videos. I wanted to ask if you have done any paint protection / ceramic coating / tinting to the car and if its worth it? If you have done any fo them may be if you can do a video of it. The reason almost all suggestions by tesla owners are mostly biased towards getting all of them done which is very expensive. Your insight into this if you have done any would be helpful for new owners like me.

[@varerkars]

I did do ceramic coating on the car and on the seats and I put PPF on the lights and the door sills. I think I paid around 2500 at elite shine for everything. The paint on the tesla is not great , that’s why people recommend it but putting PPF on the whole car just wasn’t worth it to me.

[@IIDannstaV]

have they made you pay for super charging yet?

[@varerkars]

Yup

[@davidroddini1512]

My nearest publicly available charger is over 50 miles (over 81 kilometers). I also live in an apartment without even a garage, let alone a charger. I guess I shouldn’t get an EV 😔

[@MauricioChavesDias]

Don’t give up! You’ll have your EV! There will be more charges soon. It just takes a bit of time. Hold tight 😊

[@SuperSaqer]

I have a question. Does the navigation work in other gulf countries? Like does it show you the other gulf countries?

[@varerkars]

Havnt tried

[@SuperSaqer]

@@varerkars well can you zoom out and check if you can see Riyadh or Doha?

[@MalekMroueh]

No reason why not… it should work

[@THATGUYTALKSMOVIES]

In a similar situation. Wife and I own a condo and no charging here. Been charging via Supercharger not far from me at all. Have 2 less than 4 miles away. We have a Range Rover as well and, we both work from home and our use is limited to driving around town, here and there, some longer drives every now and then but...nothing crazy. We have a Model Y Performance because we don't really need the range. Keep me posted on what your building management comes up with and how you resolve the charging situation. (I'm in the U.S / NJ/NY though....no free supercharging! That would be great!)

[@LazyTesla]

What if you only have a level one charging at home. Does it still make sense? My work is 5km one way but I'll still do weekend driving and I visit family 3 times a week which is 29km one way

[@RONderluck]

It’s actually better to just have level one charging as it doesn’t degrade your battery as much

[@LanternEnergy]

@@RONderluckthe question wasn’t if it’s better but if it makes sense?

[@RONderluck]

@@LanternEnergy Way to reply to a month old comment.

[@LanternEnergy]

@@RONderluck that’s a short-sighted response. The person that posted the original comment did so 3 months ago. The guy who I responded to, did so a month ago, which is 2 months after the original comment was posted. Therefore, you should have the same response for that person as well. 🤔

[@RONderluck]

@@LanternEnergy actually that’s not how Internet etiquette works. You can reply to an original comment that has not been replied to before as there is no time limit However, one cannot reply to a comment That’s not the OP if that comment is older than 48hrs. See because here’s the thing, I don’t care anymore about what I said. The fact of the matter is, I was rage baiting. What’s funny to me is that you fell for it and actually took the time out of your life which you will never get back to reply to a month old comment.

[@kingofnewyork8818]

Not having the ability to charger at home shouldn’t stop anyone. Not like we had gas stations at our house

[@varerkars]

True … but recent predicament …I just got home charging and it’s sooo much more convenient

[@LanternEnergy]

True but we’re talking a vastly different type of technology here. A gas based vehicle can sit weeks if not months without requiring a complete refill. You let your Tesla sit, unmoved for 2 weeks without a charge you’ll likely have an issue when you do try to start up

[@kingofnewyork8818]

@@LanternEnergy no you won’t my friend left hers parked for a month started up no problem

[@LanternEnergy]

@@kingofnewyork8818 interesting

[@devildhaliwal]

Gr8, thanks for the info. I live next to MoE, where tesla got super charger installed. But I see lots of cars waiting almost all the time. Is there a way to check about the availability of a charging slot for a super charger before actually going there ? Any app on phone or car that can advise the same ? Also, I see many tesla destination chargers at hotels across the city, can those be accessed for free or is it exclusively for residents there ?

[@srikanthm4397]

At present, there is no way to check. Even if there is a way, the slot will probably be occupied by the time we go there due to a lot of demand. Just time for off-peak time, like on a weekday instead of weekends. Regarding destination chargers in Malls, it is free, but in Hotels, usually, only guests are allowed at-least you should be visiting a restaurant inside that Hotel to use it.

[@houssamdirhali3284]

If you install Tesla charger at home, it will take maximum of 4 hours to fully charge the Tesla.

[@pushkarkundra3038]

And cost?

[@yallmad3043]

Pretty much the same thing as owning a gas car without a gas station installed on your property

[@LanternEnergy]

Not exactly true, it will depend where you live, weather, how often you drive. Electric pumps typically follow gas prices. If you live in an expensive area then yes, same cost as gas. However, let’s say you live in an area where on average gas costs $3.22-$3.55 a gal, then it’s likely EV stations will charge between .32-.35 per kWh to charge your EV. I’m going off American average gas prices over the past 10 years (2014 - 2024). Most common American economy sized vehicles are equipped with a 17-19 gal max gas tank which requires roughly $55 to fill up ; 3.22 X 17 =54.74. EV it would cost roughly $26-$28 to fill up from 10-20% to 100%. You would have to fill up 2X’s a week at a Supercharger to still be roughly the same as ⛽️. $26 isn’t cheap for an EV fill up but still cheaper than gas by far.

[@RaviPatel85]

Dude… car seat

[@LanternEnergy]

Car seats aren’t required in many countries

[@oj9886]

So supercharging is not free … you just had 10000 km in charging credits. Try to keep it factual