Free charging for Tesla owners is getting phased out

For Tesla owners, the free lunch is about to end. Every Tesla owner so far has enjoyed free access to the company's supercharging stations, the network if quick battery chargers that pepper highways throughout the world. But come 2017, using these supercharging stations will no longer be free for new Tesla owners. SEE ALSO: Tesla-SolarCity merger will come to a vote on Nov. 17 If you order a Tesla after Jan. 2017, or if you've pre-ordered a Tesla that won't arrive by April 2017 (likely the Model