Factory option codes · Supercharging
SC00: no Supercharger access
Tesla's record says the car has no access to the Supercharger network today. Supercharging was not standard only on the first Model S with a 40 or 60 kWh pack, bought before April 2015 (a paid option with the 60, not offered with the 40), and those cars were later given pay-as-you-go access by an update, at no charge. On every other Tesla it came standard, so SC00 means it was switched off later, which Tesla does to salvage and rebuilt cars, for example.
The $1.99 Factory Report says whether this car can have free Supercharging and how likely it is. No account. If Tesla's factory record for the VIN cannot be read, your $1.99 is refunded automatically.
What it means for a buyer
Don't rule Supercharging in or out on the code alone. Plug the car into a Supercharger before you buy: if it charges, it has access whatever the record says. On a car where it came standard, ask the seller why it was switched off. A car whose pack was replaced outside Tesla can be missed by the pay-as-you-go update, and Tesla service can review the record.
How Tesla records supercharging
Almost every car has one of four Supercharging codes. SC04, pay-per-use, is on most cars built from 2017. SC01 is free unlimited Supercharging granted to the car itself: it normally passes to the next private owner, though Tesla can remove it. SC05 is free unlimited Supercharging for the first owner only, granted through a referral or a Tesla promotion: it ends when they sell the car and does not pass to the buyer. SC00 is a car with no Supercharger access at all on Tesla's record; on most cars that means it was switched off later. Tesla's app shows free Supercharging the same way for SC01 and SC05, without saying whether it transfers, and Tesla will not tell a prospective buyer which one a car has. Tesla confirms the current status only to the owner, so ask the seller to show it in their Tesla app before you pay for it. The Factory Report gives Tesla's code where it is known, with its date, and otherwise the odds and one check to ask the seller for.
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Check a car
The free decoder reads the Full Self-Driving codes from the factory record for any VIN. The $1.99 report lists every other code. It also says whether the car can have free Supercharging, and how likely it is.