Tesla Appears to be Throttling the Charging Speed of Cybertruck Owners With Free Supercharger Access – Several Cybertruck Owners Show They Can’t Get Charging Speeds Above 100 kW

Victor Melany Minnick is a Cybertruck owner with free supercharger access, and he says Tesla might be throttling his charging speed to discourage him from supercharging too often.

The Cybertruck owner adds that despite regularly visiting supercharging stations, he hasn’t been able to charge his truck above 100 kW over the last four months.

This is less than one-third the Cybertruck’s current peak charging speed, which is 325 kW using V4 superchargers or 800-volt fastchargers.

The curious Cybertruck owner shared his predicament with the Tesla Cybertruck Owners group on Facebook.

Here is what he wrote…

“So I’ve been coming to this supercharger regularly (I’ve had free supercharger access for four months), preconditioning before I arrive, and it’ll NEVER go above 100 kW.

It’s a 250 kW charger, and tonight, there’s only one Tesla Model Y three spots over.

Is it normal to charge at such slow speeds? I don’t remember my Tesla Model 3 ever charging this slow… (I put my charge limit to 100% to see if it’ll make a difference. Started charge at 23% for reference.)”

Below his post, Victor included a picture of his Cybertruck’s center screen showing the current charging progress.

The picture shows Victor’s Cybertruck charging at 86 kW (194 mi/hr); so far, it has added 53kWh in this charging session. Currently, the Cybertruck is charged to 68% and has 45 minutes left to reach full.

According to these stats, it will take Victor over two hours to charge his Cybertruck. This is definitely not ideal and raises the question whether Tesla is throttling the charging speed of Cybertruck owners with free supercharger access.

One evidence in support of this claim is that Vicotor’s other Tesla vehicle, even the much smaller Model 3, was able to get the full 250 kW charging speed.

We’ve seen Cybertrucks reach a charging speed of 325 kW, which means either something is wrong with Victor’s Cybertruck or Tesla is indeed throttling charging speeds.

Looking at the comments, several other Cybertruck owners with similar free supercharger access chimed in to share that their truck’s charging speed is also throttled.

Brandon Reed, a Cybertruck owner from Clinton, Iowa, says he is getting the same slower supercharging speed.

Brandon adds that he has been to five different supercharger locations, but he has only been able to get above 100 kW charging speed in one station.

The Iowa Cybertruck owner writes…

“I’ve been to five different chargers. Only one of them has let me get above 100 kW.

I have free supercharger access, so I’m not sure what’s going on. I was surprised at how slowly the truck charges.

I hope they do an update and it changes.”

Another Cybertruck owner, Chris Kelly, from Windermere, Florida, also shared that his truck, which has free supercharger access, charges frustratingly slowly.

Chris writes…

“Yeah, I was shocked at how long it takes to charge the Cybertruck.

My Tesla Model Y charges in about 20 minutes, from 10% to 80%. My Tesla Model X with free supercharging takes about 35 minutes…. It took me over an hour the first and only time I took the truck to the supercharger.”

What’s interesting here is that all three Cybertruck owners reporting throttled charging speeds are from different locations, which likely rules out the weather.

The there different Cybertruck owners also all have different Tesla models: Victor has a Tesla Model 3, Brandon has a Model Y, and Chris has a Model Y and a Model X; however, all say that their other Tesla vehicles supercharge much faster than their Cybertruck with free supercharging access.

The Cybertruck owners are also all long-time Tesla owners, which rules out the usual suspects for slower supercharging, such as another Tesla charging next to them, not pre-conditioning before arriving at the supercharging station, and so on.

Overall, there isn’t yet enough data point to unequivocally conclude that Tesla is indeed throttling the charging speeds of Cybertruck owners with free supercharger access. Unfortunately, the EV maker is famous for not responding to media requests for clarification.

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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.