Australian electricity company will give you Tesla charging for $1 a day
Australian energy company, AGL, will provide customers who own electric vehicles, such as a Tesla, all-you-can-consume electricity for A$1 per day.
The company's CEO Andy Vesey announced the Australian-first initiative at the Australia Energy Week Conference in Melbourne on Tuesday, the Australian Financial Review reported. He said it will cost a customer A$365 a year to juice up their electric vehicle to their heart's content, while it is at home.
It can be used for a range of electric cars including Tesla, the BMW i3, the Nissan Leaf and any cars that plug into a charger. A spokesperson for the company told Mashable Australia it would supply power to a customer's car charger via an installed meter or could sell them a charger if they don't have one.
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"For a dollar a day if you have an electric vehicle and you have a AGL smart meter and a charger you can get energy for that car for $1 a day, as much as you like," Vesey said at the conference.
On Twitter, he confirmed the news with a note the deal will be available from November.
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To keep with the green theme, AGL will also carbon offset the offer, with the company investing in green initiatives to counter the carbon dioxide emissions. An AGL spokesperson advised this would be a carbon-offset product involving trees as that is what Australians are passionate about.
The spokesperson said the cost of using petrol could cost an average driver $17,000 a year so the $365 yearly cost was a no brainer for frugal consumers. It is a clear move by AGL to stay relevant in a world that is slowly moving towards greener vehicles and renewable energy sources.
With the cost of charging an electric car sitting around A$4.50 per 100 kilometres in Australia, that's a pretty decent saving to put away for a rainy day. Or a cruise up the coast.
UPDATE: June 22, 2016, 9:34 a.m. AEST A spokesperson for the company confirmed details around the deal.
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