$964, That’s How Much One Cybertruck Owner Spent in a Single Month Charging His Truck Exclusively at Tesla Supercharger Stations

A Cybertruck owner without access to home charging shows he spent $964 in a single month relying exclusively on Tesla supercharger stations to power his truck. At these prices, it is cheaper to fuel an equivalent-sized pickup truck.

David Moss is a Cybertruck owner from Tacoma, Washington, and he recently shared the staggering amount of money he spends charging his truck at Tesla supercharger sites.

By tracking his charging sessions through the Tesla app, David was able to show he spent $964 to power his truck for a single month.

After spending this staggering amount of money to charge his truck, David went on the Tesla Cybertruck Owners group on Facebook to share his story.

He asked the forum members…

“What’s the most amount you’ve ever charged in one month with your Cybertruck?”

Below his inquiry, David included a screenshot of his Tesla app showing he has spent a whopping $964 to charge his truck in a single month.

Looking at the details of his charging history, 97% of the time, David relied on the Tesla supercharger network to power his vehicle.

The remaining 3% also does not show up as home or office charging, suggesting that David exclusively relies on fast-charging networks or destination chargers to power his truck.

For the $964 he spent in a month, David was able to purchase 3,061 KWh of electricity from Tesla. Given the Cybertruck’s 123KWh battery pack, this comes out to 25 charging cycles from empty to full.

That’s definitely a lot of charging cycles in a single month. That said, not all of the 3,061 KWh of energy goes to driving or even vehicle functionalities like HVAC; significant losses occur due to charging inefficiency, cold weather loss, battery heating and cooling loss, vampire drain, and so on.

However, for argument’s sake, if we assume David’s Cybertruck operated at 100% efficiency, using the 3,061 kWh of energy, he would be able to drive 7,900 miles.

That’s the best-case scenario, which, as we have discussed, is unrealistic. Ideally, it would have made the calculation much more accurate if David shared the exact number of miles he traveled in the same month; unfortunately, David did not share this number.

However, if I have to guess, I would assume David was able to travel around 5000 miles using the 3,061 kWh of electricity.

Spending close to a thousand dollars in a month to travel 5000 miles makes the Cybertruck as expensive, if not more expensive, to power than an equivalently sized pickup truck.

Looking at David’s Tesla app, the EV maker estimates the Cybertruck owner has generated $422 in gas savings by going with a Cybertruck rather than a gas truck; however, that estimate looks shoddy.

At best, I would assume the Cybertruck costs as much as other equivalently sized trucks to power, if not slightly more expensive.

This might not seem like that big of a deal, however, with supercharger prices increasing massively over the past few years, Tesla has eliminated one of the main advantages of going with an electric vehicle over a gas car.

Now, if Cybertruck owners are relying on Tesla supercharger stations to power their vehicles, they can expect to pay more than people driving a gas pickup truck.

This is surprising and shows how Tesla has shifted the Supercharger network from a loss leader, generating more sales, to a business that is outright a profit center.

At this point, some might argue that electric vehicles are much cheaper to power than gas vehicles when charged at home, and this is true.

Looking at the comments, several Cybertruck owners who rely on home charging shared that they are paying half to 80 to 90 less per kilowatt-hour of electricity than David paid to power his Cybertruck.

That’s impressive; however, it’s also important to note that not everyone has access to home charging. Millions of people live in condos or don’t have garages, which means that these are millions of people for whom buying a Tesla vehicle no longer makes sense from a gas savings perspective.

Overall, it’s interesting to see that supercharger costs have increased so much that it has become more expensive than fueling up an equivalent-sized internal combustion vehicle.

Personally, I find this turn of events surprising; however, please let me know what you think in the comments. Share your ideas by clicking the red “Add new comment” button below. Also, visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.