Again in 2019 I purchased my first Tesla – it was a Tesla Mannequin 3 Efficiency – and whereas I used to be ready for the automobile 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 needed folks to make use of the hyperlink to get 1500km of free Supercharging, which they did, but it surely additionally meant I acquired 1500km.

I had no real interest in utilizing the free Supercharging, nor did I wish 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 have been expiring on the finish of April 2023 – and I offered the Mannequin 3 Efficiency and bought a Model Y instead.

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

In principle any automobile 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 needed to assist dig into the steadiness of free charging I had left.

I had a stack of individuals reply to the social media put up, however the catch was they wanted to switch possession of their automobile to my Tesla account as a way 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 automobile. However, a lot to my shock, there have been quite a lot of takers.

So we began the method of transferring the automobiles 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 doable over that interval.

The 5 individuals who took up the supply 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 just a few days in the past and are actually completely gone. However, it felt good to do a superb deed!

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

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