Tesla has reduced prices on its two home chargers after removing the one included with new vehicles being delivered. The automaker also added the chargers to its online configurator to remind new buyers to get one.
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Tesla changed its long-standing policy to deliver every vehicle with a mobile charging cable and instead, it started selling them separately for $400 for level 2 charging and $275 for level 1.
The move is reminiscent of Apple removing the included USB charging brick with the iPhone.
Update: Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Tesla will reduce the price by $75 of the currently out of stock mobile charger in response to the backlash.
Update 2: According to Tesla’s chat, unless you’ve already taken delivery, Mobile chargers are now no longer included even though they were at time of purchase.
Update 3: Tesla internal communication now says that all deliveries “for the next several weeks” will come with the Mobile Connector included.
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Tesla started shipping a new mobile connector with the Model 3 earlier this year.
Today, Tesla made the device – pictured above – its new standard mobile connector for all its vehicles and they are calling it “Gen 2”. Expand
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Tesla has recently been reducing the price of its chargers quite significantly. We reported last month on the automaker offering an updated and cheaper ‘Tesla Wall Connector’ after unveiling its refreshed Model S. Now Tesla updated its ‘Mobile Connector’ and like the Wall Connector, its main update is a significantly cheaper price. Expand
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