DCFC Tracker says Tesla Supercharger standard rates moved in both directions at hundreds of tracked sites in August: 426 sites ended the month with higher standard prices and 511 ended with lower ones, while the tracker’s unweighted national standard-rate average slipped just 0.56% from July to $0.601/kWh.1
The dedicated August report is now marked Final and covers Aug. 1 through Aug. 31. DCFC Tracker says the $0.601 figure is calculated across 2,300 tracked standard-rate sites.1 Put another way, its data show 937 sites with opposing price moves beneath a national tracked average that barely changed.1
That average should not be read as what a typical driver actually paid. DCFC Tracker says it records the peak rate at sites with time-of-use pricing, excludes free sites and gives each tracked site equal weight rather than weighting the average by sessions, energy delivered, traffic or charger count.1 The report therefore describes listed site pricing under its methodology, not an average customer transaction.
A nearly flat average hid much larger local movement
The split between 426 increases and 511 cuts is more informative than the national average alone because it shows that August was not a uniform network-wide move in one direction.1 DCFC Tracker’s state table also shows a wide geographic spread: among states with at least three tracked sites, Nebraska had the lowest displayed standard-rate average at $0.37/kWh and Hawaii the highest at $0.75/kWh at the close of the period.1
The tracker also maintains a separate member/Tesla-driver price book. Its final August report puts that average at $0.433/kWh across 3,208 tracked sites, with 16 increases and 12 cuts.1 Those figures should not be compared as though they use the same denominator: the standard and member price books cover different tracked-site universes.1
DCFC Tracker says its Tesla pricing report is built from a continuous sync of Tesla’s public site data. The tracker is not Tesla and says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by any charging network.1
Tesla’s pricing rules explain variability, not the August causes
Tesla’s own support documentation says Supercharger prices are site-specific, may change from time to time and can use on-peak and off-peak rates. Tesla also says a charging session’s rate is determined by the plug-in time.2
Tesla describes a broader dynamic-pricing model that can adjust rates using site-specific factors including occupancy and forecast demand, and says some locations use live pricing based on utilization.2 That explains why Supercharger pricing can vary by site and time, but it does not establish why any particular site raised or lowered its rate in August, or what caused the month-wide pattern in DCFC Tracker’s data.
The August numbers also have relevance beyond Tesla owners, but only within Tesla’s access rules. Tesla says drivers of other EVs can use Superchargers that appear as available to them in the Tesla app or map, and eligible non-Tesla drivers can use a paid Supercharging Membership to receive the Tesla-vehicle price at supported locations.23 Access still depends on the site and vehicle compatibility.3
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Footnotes
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Tesla Supercharger Prices — August 2026 — DCFC Tracker / DCFCTracker LLC, final August 2026 report, data as of Aug. 31, 2026. https://dcfctracker.com/reports/tesla/2026-08 — Establishes the report’s Final status; $0.601/kWh standard average across 2,300 tracked sites; 426 standard-rate increases and 511 cuts; $0.433/kWh member/Tesla-driver average across 3,208 tracked sites; state averages; and report-specific methodology. DCFC Tracker is a third-party data tracker, uses peak rates for time-of-use sites and unweighted site averages, and does not establish typical realized session prices or the cause of individual price moves. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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Supercharging — Tesla, current support documentation observed Sept. 1, 2026. https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging — Establishes Tesla’s published site-specific pricing, plug-in-time rule, time-of-use pricing, dynamic-pricing description, live-pricing context and general membership framework. It does not establish DCFC Tracker’s August aggregate or the reason for a particular August station-level move. ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Supercharging Other EVs — Tesla, current support documentation observed Aug. 29, 2026. https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-evs — Establishes Tesla’s published non-Tesla Supercharger access framework and compatibility/site-availability limits; it does not establish universal access. ↩ ↩2