When Europe Get Amped ?

[ManuVince]

Coming back on topic...
We heard from our customer advocate that:
- European Pricing should be announced end of august or september
- Test drives should happen in the October/November time frame

[linaser]

- Test drives should happen in the October/November time frame

I always assumed, that they can't offer test drives as long as homologation isn't finished.

So why would they be able to offer test drives in that time frame, but not be able to deliver Signature Model S to their customers?

IMO they either will start test drives early next year, after they started delivering the first cars to European customers or they are far ahead of the original homologation timetable.

As much as I hope that the later is true, I seriously doubt the October/November time frame for European test drives.

[Adm]

I am afraid you have a very valid point there. Maybe the car borrow/rent the test track of Daf Trucks not to far from Eindhoven for test driving purposes... (really just wishing here...)

[LuckyLuke]

Wouldn't worry too much about this, Tesla knows the EU rules and regulations so they will incorporate this (if needed) in vehicles they ship here.
Probably just some administrative process, schould take a couple of weeks max.
Maybe some of the early EU Roadster owners can comment on this?

[Yggdrasill]

Where do we expect the test drive events to be scheduled?

My personal thoughts:

- You need at least one event in Norway, near Oslo. We're the biggest market for Tesla outside the US so it's quite natural. (Arguably you could have an additional event in Stavanger or Bergen.)
- There should be at least one event in Belgium/Netherlands, maybe near the Eindhoven store.
- There should be one event in the Zürich area.

That takes care of the biggest clusters of reservations on the Model S/X reservation map, but where else?

[VolkerP]

Iceland. Massive concentration of one hundred cars there!

[PV4EV]

I've been told by Tesla UK that theres approx 70 Roadsters in the UK, but does anyone know what the approx distribution of cars is within the EU ?


Also, if the first Model S did turn up in Oslo, I'd be straight over! Fortunately I have a very hospitable friend there, who might also convert to the Church of EV if he takes a test drive

[Yggdrasill]

Iceland. Massive concentration of one hundred cars there!

I considered it - but there's just one customer, right? I figured an invite to Fremont would be more appropriate.

[Yggdrasill]

I've been told by Tesla UK that theres approx 70 Roadsters in the UK, but does anyone know what the approx distribution of cars is within the EU ?

I believe there's around 80 Roadsters over here, but I don't know where the rest of them are. The Roadster distribution is probably distributed more according to population size and GDP than the Model S. I think we can assume there's only a given percentage of a population that can afford a $125k toy. A family car however is easier to spend money on for a larger percentage of the popultation, in places where there is sufficient incentive.

Also, if the first Model S did turn up in Oslo, I'd be straight over! Fortunately I have a very hospitable friend there, who might also convert to the Church of EV if he takes a test drive

It would be awesome if we were first, but I think it's too much to hope for. Usually they focus on markets that have bigger potential. Norway simply doesn't have a lot of people, so the potential for sales isn't enormous. I do think we should have a test drive event though, anything else and I would be disappointed.

[PV4EV]

I believe there's around 80 Roadsters over here, but I don't know where the rest of them are.

Not sure how reliable this is, but wiki states that there is 250 distributed around EU :-

Tesla Roadster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That means 1 Roadster for every 1,250,000 other people in the EU !!!




Also, it mentions the amazing Roadster in Germany that must be heading towards 140,000 mile point by now. Tesla should make more PR noise about that EV achievement :-


"As of 8 May 2012, Hansjoerg von Gemmingen of Karlsruhe / Germany drove his Tesla Roadster 205,711 kilometers (127,823 miles) in four years, this being the mileage world record for all-electric vehicles.[82] "