Tesla will begin charging fees in order to use its supercharging stations.

Tesla formally reported the end of free Supercharging today and affirmed the beforehand reputed ‘Supercharging credit program’, which will begin in 2017.

The company says autos requested after Jan. 1, 2017 will get approximately 1,000 miles worth of credits every year at the supercharging stations. After credits are used, cars will need to pay expenses. Autos requested or sold at the latest by January 1st would in any case get free charging.

This implies free charging won’t have any significant bearing to the $35,000 Model 3, which is because it will enter production in the second half of 2017. Tesla said 373,000 individuals put down deposits for the Model 3.

Tesla didn’t indicate the fees however says charging would cost not exactly the cost of filling a comparable gasoline car. The company says it will discharge fee details not long from now. It says costs could fluctuate after some time and differ by regional electricity costs.

“EVs are the way forward. Tesla is in a really good position with 30 per cent of the market. We don’t see that changing,” said Keeney, whose fund has holdings in Palo Alto, California-based Tesla Motors Inc.

Buyers of new cars orders or sold on or before January 1^st must take delivery before April 1 in order to get free charging.

In Canada, the company has charging stations in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. In the U.S., charging stations are nationwide, yet numerous are packed in general population centres along the East and West Coasts.

The stations were set up to empower long-distance tavel by Tesla electric autos. The company’s Model S car can go somewhere around 352 and 486 kilometers for each charge contingent upon battery and programming configurations.