Tesla has now added benefit for the Buyer if they use a referral link giving them $800 Off and 3 months of Enhanced Autopilot. Considering the $800 Off and recent price reductions, price of Model 3 seems to be on par with BYD.
Referrer still earns 10000 credits, so this is a win-win for both. Don't know when this is expiring
Here is the details on Tesla App
Referee gets $800 off Model Y & 3 purchase.
Referrer gets $400 credit toward Supercharging, software upgrades, merchandise, service payments or a new vehicle. Limit of 10 referral benefits per calendar year.
There is no monthly fsd in NZ. It's a one time fee. $199 monthly is for FSD only in US.
There is no way Tesla can auto subscribe you for a one time payment.
I willing to take that bet by the way.
EAP. != FSD. Technically there is no FSD in nz/au.
You can't justify the paywall and that's probably a good thing
its called software development. U dont get access to all apps on the iOS or Google Play whenever you buy one of those devices do you 😊
Google develop all the apps in the Play store?
Also note that tesla recently dropped the prices on their custom order Model 3 & Y.
I didn't repost that as the inventory deal (pre rebate cut) was better.
But with the $800 additional discount, the gap is narrowing.
There's gonna be lot more discounts coming in near future. Tesla's inventory just keeps building up and they are not able to offload cars quick enough.
It's not just Tesla. The auto industry as a whole is catching up with the shortages from the latter end of the pandemic. And the auto market is cooling…
Most trims of Hilux are now in stock, or under 3 months wait.
EV's are particularly impacted, given oil prices have come down from their high's at the start of the Ukraine / Russia war.
I for one are loving the return of promotions and price cuts.
Just looked up inventory pricing. Model Y is currently more expensive from inventory, than doing a custom order.
Wait in 5 to 10 years time and all these batteries will degrade and the range reduced substantially just like mobile phone. Electric car is like buying a huge depreciating asset. Then New model will come out with better battery technology and longer range. You will be the one holding the bag with $60k out of your pocket or $60k through clean energy loan.
You think buying a brand new electric car will save you money. Your probably wrong if you use privately and unable claim back your business expense. Depreciation of a new electric car will outweight money saved from petrol.
Probably worth taking a look at the battery technology being used in the rwd y/3, you might be on to something.
Tesla's own research has shown that the battery degradation is very low - 10%-12% after 200k miles (https://insideevs.com/news/664106/tesla-battery-capacity-deg…)
Even if you take the "worst-case" range of a Model3 to be 350km, after 200k miles on the dash you will still have a max range of 315km (90% of 350)
The LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) used by the Model 3 and Y do not degrade as quickly as mobile phones. Even the NCA (Nickel Cobalt Aluminum) batteries used by the LR and Performance models have been tested to last over 1 million miles. The misconception of EV batteries only lasting 5-10 years is from the early generation of Nissan Leaf (circa 2011). Battery chemistry has improved significantly since then, and will continue to do so.
My friends Model S is now around 5+ yrs old which he bought second hand and is almost 200k on the clock. Still running as new. Battery degradation is around 7-9%. So assuming that and no issues so far, I can fairly say it will outlast most of the ice vehicles out there.
Anybody knows for model y, how much does it cost to fully charge it at home? And also how many kms it runs on full charge in real life, thanks
I have rwd MY. Cost will depend on your power plan as obvious. But in theory, I think Y's battery is 60 Kwh. Usable is 57 Kwh. So based on your power rate you can calculate it. I am using Contact's 9-12 free plan, 3 hours gives me around 120-130kms(Approx 30% charge) of range per night using wall connector.
Real life range is very much dependent on lots of things, But ball park for me is around 360-380kms. I have a heavy foot and I start the climate control around 15-20min before heading out so that uses some power. My daily travel includes bit of hilly climb so that does affect range.
Ideal speed is around 90k/hr, I tend to be close too 100-102 so I am not the ideal driver. I enjoy my car, not in an efficient way but that's me.
Shoot me any questions you have, happy to help.
Alright makes sense now, yes even i am interested in rwd MY, i will check my rates, im with mercury at the moment with no free nights or low rates at night, will change my power plan if i proceed with MY purchase. Thanks 😊
It's a good idea to download your usage data from your current provider (if you have a smart meter) and then it's pretty simple to compare deals using a spreadsheet. Low night/weekend rates are great if you can move things like EV charging and hot water to those rates, in my case it works out better to use a low night/weekend rate vs. free hours.
Can someone please share their code?
Click the referral link at the bottom of OPs post?
Sweet
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Are there 58 Cheapie members who own Teslas, or can anyone be a referrer?
This is basically on-disc DLC in a car form; you've literally paid tens of thousands for the device that has this autopilot feature built in, but Tesla paywalleds it because they reckon you're sucker enough to pay $199 per month because you've already spent 60K on a depreciating asset. I bet 100% that Tesla will bill you automatically after the 3 months, and that's probably their aim.
I will never support this kind of anti-consumer practice. If you buy the car, you ought to be able to use everything in it and not have to deal with piecemeal subscription services!