Owning a Tesla in the city can be a hassle, but the same can be said of owning any car in the city. Looking for parking on the streets. Worrying about threft or someone scratching your car. Adding in the need to charge is an added pain point of owning a electric car. Unless you have a garage with high capacity electrical setup.
Luckily with Tesla they're expanding their supercharing network. Every couple of months you'll see a new location with Tesla Supercharing Station. In Queens Center Mall the parking rate for 1 hour of parking is $3, but if you need to shop or grab some food anyways you can easily get a full charge. If you search for Tesla Destination Charger, you'll see it's all over the place. More and more locations are adding EV chargers. Lots of shopping centers with parking lots had or will be adding EV charging parking.
If you're a lucky home owner with a garage owning an EV will be super easy. You'll never have to worry about not having a full tank of gas. You have the choice og plugging in your car every night and wake up to a full charge. If you're local power company has a lower rate for charging your car on off peak hour that would save you even more money. In NYC the price to charge compare to gas is about 25% less. You'll also have to consider the cost of hiring a electrician to add the high capacity charger. I've gotten a range of $2,500 on the low exd to $5,000. This is due to my breaker is in the front of the house and the garage in the back. We needed to pull an extra 100ft of high voltage 8 guage wire. If your breaker box is close by, the cost of installing a NEMA 14-50 or the Tesla charger could be as low as $300. This is something you'll need to consider, but in the end this also helps future proof your property. Sooner or later this will come handy.
Lots to think about when owning an EV in the city, but owning a Tesla does make it a little easier.
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