I believe I've heard that you can ask Tesla if it has the free supercharging for life. The impression I get is that if they get resold through Tesla, Tesla is removing it, especially problematic now that they are offering "money" to remove it, so it's difficult to know based on age.
It looks like the Model S 2017 and older came with free supercharging, and the Model 3 Performance in 2018 and 2019. Model X in 2016 and 2017. Some S & X up to 2020 had unlimited supercharging.
Login to the Tesla website, click on "Manage" next to the car, then click on "Details" and it'll say "Free unlimited supercharging" if it has it.
> The impression I get is that if they get resold through Tesla, Tesla is removing it
The premise is that Tesla offers more for trade-ins for cars that have free lifetime SC and things like "Full Self Driving". They optionally disable these add-ons for new users because they're recapturing the expense of their higher trade-in offers for the cars that have them.
Yes, they're making a profit in the process, but what used car dealer doesn't?
It looks like the Model S 2017 and older came with free supercharging, and the Model 3 Performance in 2018 and 2019. Model X in 2016 and 2017. Some S & X up to 2020 had unlimited supercharging.
Login to the Tesla website, click on "Manage" next to the car, then click on "Details" and it'll say "Free unlimited supercharging" if it has it.