Has Tesla had a deal on recently?

 

It wasn't that long ago that a Tesla S was a rare and exotic thing.

 

This last month the bloody things are everywhere. It must be the most common £50k+ car around right now. Where are they all coming from?

Decent deals direct I think, plus the fact people are cottoning on to free charging, decent performance (or very, very decent depending on the version selected!) and I think the tech on offer is a big draw as well.

I've seen quite a few recently. There are a couple I regularly see in York now and seen around 5 or 6 in the last month while just driving around.

 

They are mad for them in Holland. See them everywhere when I've driven through.

the 60 is quite new and cheaper  which is some attraction,  also it can have the extra 15 released later for a cost, the latest model 90  has just done 0-60 in 2.65? on normal tyres and is only beaten by the $1mill limited edition Porsche and Ferrari,  neither is currently available(in case someone was about to raid the piggy bank)    the hundred  is about to come out   p.s kit built in Holland thanks to EU tarrifs

Edited 25 August, 20169 yr by cheshire cat

The Prius is driven by people who want to be seen to be driving a Prius.

 

A Tesla is a rich mans Prius.

 

It's the latest thing on the street, people just have to have it.

I had a 70d for the night the other day and they're far from just being the latest thing they're a marvel.

I've driven lots of high end cars through work but this is the first thing I've ever been in that genuinely felt like something from the future.

Their tech is way beyond that of other companies.

Didn't I just read or hear that the free battery charging on motorway services is about to become free no longer, so you'll be charged to get charged.

 

Richard

Nope. Tesla Superchargers will remain free for Model S and X owners, but model 3 customers will have to pay.

It's the ecotricity chargers for Leafs and the like that are now charging.

Not just for Tesla's but other EV's there has been getting to be plenty Free Charging in Scotland. 

Sadly that seems to be getting knocked on the head in Glasgow at some charge points as people were using the Free Charging to get Free Parking.

 

Tesla Superchargers are not that common in Scotland, but maybe they are where a good number of Tesla drivers are needing to have the cars charged.

 

EDIT.

My bad, the charging will still be free, but parking charges will be imposed at charging points provided by the council.

Edited 25 August, 20169 yr by GoneOffSKi

From what I have heard though it's a flat charging fee of £5.

£5 for 200+ miles sounds like a steal imo.

A Tesla is a rich mans Prius.

 

I don't think that's the case at all, the opposite in fact. It's an excellent bit of kit, that also happens to be fully electric.

 

They're not all making a statement about being 'green' as was often the way with the Prius. Especially as that had very little else to recommend it, so your purchase decision had to be related to an attempt at being environmentally friendly.

Slightly OT;

There are two dedicated Tesla charging points at the Staff/Reserved parking area at Edinburgh Airport.

I nearly got knocked down at the Crossing Area by a Tesla driver distracted by something on the massive touchscreen. There were no cars on the road when I started to cross and I didn't hear the car approaching. Fortunately he looked up in time.

I am not aware of other similar incidents, but the crossing point has now been moved further down the car park away from the Tesla charging points.

I don't think that's the case at all, the opposite in fact. It's an excellent bit of kit, that also happens to be fully electric.

 

They're not all making a statement about being 'green' as was often the way with the Prius. Especially as that had very little else to recommend it, so your purchase decision had to be related to an attempt at being environmentally friendly.

 

It being all electric makes the argument stronger. Replace Prius with Leaf, although the Prius is now available as an all-electric.

 

It takes a different outlook in life to take the plunge with an all-electric car given today's current infrastructure.

 

Whilst the Tesla is a technological marvel so was the Leaf many years ago.

 

The only difference here is the performance and price, hence Tesla (or BMW's i8) being a rich mans Prius (or Leaf / Zoe).

In the same way that a Ferrari is a rich man's Fiesta, yes. 

 

I was guessing something in the tax book making them more economical.

 

Certainly on the leasing they're not much more than a high spec 3 series.

Yep, would be at the BIK 5% rate I'd expect, so appealing to the company car sector.

If quite happily have one yes they are expensive but there's just something about them

Indeed - that's what I was trying to get at with my earlier point, about it not just being an electric car - but clearly failed on that score!

Having watched one do 0-about 80 pulling out of a layby I was parked in, I'm pretty sure they don't appeal to most Pious owners. 

They are just an electric car though, albeit a fast one.

 

Unfortunately they look like a Lexus.

 

You missed the point on the Prius comment. Hollywood celebs were falling over themselves to be seen in a Prius, it was a fashion statement, a status symbol. It made them desirable to a select crowd,

 

They don't need to drive a little eco-friendly runabout anymore, they have the Tesla.

 

A rich mans Prius.

I've mistaken them for a jag a couple of times. They don't look Porsche money but you're paying to pioneer with them.

Yep, would be at the BIK 5% rate I'd expect, so appealing to the company car sector.

+!  and I think there is some very attractive "write down?"  against a business (if you have one)

Well, as some of you know, I'm now driving around in a P90DL.

 

It's a lot more than a rich man's Prius. I really don't see it any more as a status symbol than any other car manufacturer or model out there - including Skoda!

 

I did it for a variety of reasons, most of which I've summarised in my thread.

 

In fact, there's an uncanny feeling about the rather close knit Tesla community - it's very much like Skoda was 15 years ago!

 

I still haven't seen that many on the road or noticably more than a few months ago. The main time I see them is around supercharger stations, but that's to be expected.

 

The BIK is creeping up though, they're getting more expensive to run / tax. As of next year, there's the "luxury" tax to pay, etc. Plus the hiking up of the BIK. High-end Teslas will soon be nearly as expensive a company car as many other ICE cars out there :(

 

But even at a personal level, it can make a lot of sense if you're doing a lot of miles. For example, on finance, 20k miles/year comes out at £500/month. Now suppose you get another ICE car which costs you £300/month. So that's £200 less per month. But that £200 equates typically to around 1,000 to 1,500 miles worth of petrol or diesel miles, which is less than your 20k miles/year allowance, so it's actually cheaper to have the Tesla if you're taking advantage of the supercharging network for long distance driving.

 

I've now driven over 6500 miles in mine. To this day, it's probably cost me around a fiver for that when I charged at home in France. Every other charging session has been done at Superchargers, public charging stations, gym, work, etc where I've done it at zero additional cost...

Edited 1 September, 20169 yr by Xavier

From what I have heard though it's a flat charging fee of £5.

£5 for 200+ miles sounds like a steal imo.

 

Just to clarify this, the chargers you have to now pay for are the EcoTricity ones in the Motorway Services.

A Tesla won't fit these without an adapter, as they are designed for the Nissan LEAF. (and also fit the Renault Zoe, KIA Soul EV etc...)

 

The £5 charge is for 20 or 30 minutes ONLY.

To charge a Tesla on one of those would take about 2 or 3 hours due to the large battery capacity.

 

The separate Telsa Superchargers remain free to use for any current Telsa owner, and can usually charge the car from almost empty in around an hour and a quarter.

The Tesla Superchargers are not only free, but due to the fact they are so much faster there is pretty much zero point in a Tesla owner using one of the £5 Ecotricty chargers unless they are stuck, running out of charge and have bought the correct adapter.

Edited 6 September, 20169 yr by BossFox

Has it reverted back to £5? I know shortly after EH introduced the charge, they changed it to £6 for 30 minutes. IF (and that's a big if) the charger can provide 50kW power, then you'll get 25kWh in 30 minutes. But in reality, it appears to be quite a bit less.

I've had quite a few issues with the CHAdeMO adapter (CHAdeMO is the rapid DC charging connector) and my car, although Tesla now think it's my car and it's booked in to be looked at.

Fortunately, though, with the Tesla Supercharging network, I'm using mainly that and it's a lot less faff (no adapter - Type 2 cable end goes straight into car), and currently, only Tesla cars can use them, so no real queueing apart from a few bottlenecks.

Tesla are rapidly expanding the Supercharger network, with pretty much doubling the number of outlets by the end of 2017.