Tesla MultiPass: Tesla offers charging at third-party charging points

With its Superchargers, Tesla has a very large fast-charging network in Europe. Now, the car manufacturer has introduced the ‘MultiPass’, a solution that allows Tesla account holders to charge their vehicles at other operators' charging stations with centralised billing. The service is launching in the Netherlands, with other countries to follow.

TeslaCharging announced the launch of the MultiPass offer via X, and the manager responsible, Malte Kendel, also shared the information on his LinkedIn account. “Charge at non-Tesla stations using your Tesla key card or app.
One account, one solution for seamless charging. Find chargers, start sessions, and track history – all in one place,” wrote Kendel in a LinkedIn post. The offer is now available to Tesla owners in the Netherlands. ’More countries and locations will follow soon!”

Along with the almost identical posts, TeslaCharging and Kendel also published a short video showing how the car’s key card can be activated in the Tesla app for MultiPass. The fact that the car key card is also a charging card is not new in itself; Nio also relies on this dual function.

However, further details about the offer are not yet known, and there is no link to an official Tesla website. It therefore remains unclear which roaming networks or operators are cooperating with Tesla. The important pricing structure was also not yet confirmed at the outset. Tesla Superchargers generally charge prices in the lower mid-range of the fast-charging market, as roaming charging is often significantly more expensive with many providers.

As speculation about Tesla MultiPass’s pricing policy quickly spread on social media, another TeslaCharging manager, Max de Zegher, wrote on social media. “We believe that chargepoint operators should be setting the prices and control these pricing signals to manage the utilization of their networks. We don’t think mobility service providers should be distorting pricing signals,” wrote de Zegher. “Hence, we act as an agent and pass through the pricing signals from the chargepoint operator.”

This means that Tesla’s roaming service does not offer fixed prices; instead, the cost per kilowatt hour can vary depending on the charging station and operator. Customers should therefore check the exact cost of electricity before starting the charging process.

x.com (TeslaCharging), linkedin.com, x.com (Max de Zegher)

This article was first published by Sebastian Schaal for electrive’s German edition.