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Also if anyone else is wondering, the spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hjXRt_KJdETdmHRNibJcnuXbPtPm-ovm3KbVNfJ5Jnk/edit#gid=0

That's super useful. Thanks heaps!

Got the email that orders for Model Y are open at 11:30am on Friday 10th of June. Ordered mine by 1:45pm. Haven't received the VIN yet. Wondering if those who have received theirs could share what time they put their order on the day?

Has anyone in Australia received their VIN for a Model Y order for the Aug 22-Nov 22 estimated delivery?

It sucks. The previous UI was great, tweaks are fine but if you have a good UI, wholesale changes like this are just going to piss people off. Why would you hide driver profile one level below when it is very common for households to have two drivers and each with their own profile? Where is the...

They do. I quote: " What percentage should I charge the battery to? Adjust the charge percentage of the battery in the settings menu on your touchscreen. For most Tesla owners, 80% charge is sufficient for regular daily use. We recommend setting higher charging limits only for long distance...

Well on average I would not drive at 110km/h and that's the point of making EV companies report more statistically relevant information.

hmm not sure if that is true. 80% is the recommended level of charge. The regenerative braking gets disabled beyond that threshold, so it is questionable if you actually get a linear boost out of a 100% charge. Regardless, going from 448 to 250 is still a large gap. I also, take exception to...

Of course, there are real world averages. Doing 140km/h in 110km/h is what outliers do (and hopefully get fined for) and then get suppressed mathematically by average drivers who struggle do get more than an average of 40km/h on urban roads. Averages and standard deviations are useful...

Well my sticker said 448km and I only get 200km. In the same manner that telcos have to report their average internet speeds in the evening, I think EV companies should be required to report their real world average range. With the sort of information they collect they can even report these...

But how would you feel if the actual consumption was twice the stated sticker number, closer to 17L/100km?

No sure. I was contacted by the local team. Had the impression that they were doing that.

I had Tesla do remote diagnostic on my battery. According to their diagnostic the battery is performing above 95%. It is just that in real-world driving I get a little over 200km (@80%) for a car which has WLTP rating of 448km and EPA rating of 423km (@100% charge). I guess everyone knows the...

Wow this is even worse than mine!

Based on my calculations, my M3 SR+ 2020 has around 40kwh of usable capacity. This is a 20% drop from the initial 50kwh for this make and model. Anyone has had a similar experience?

I got this M3 SR+ 11 month ago. Initially the milage estimates where 339km @80%. More recently the estimates sit close to 295km@80%. I usually don't drive that long a distance but today after a full charge to 80% overnight I did 160km. That reduced the range estimate to 65km at the end. Assuming...

Let who hath not sinned throw the first stone.

I am not arguing that my wife did not make a mistake. Who hasn't? But losing almost half her license, being issued two separate fines for the same incident, and being followed by the police until she did make a mistake, come on!

Ever since we bought a Tesla M3, we have noticed an increased likelihood of being noticed by the police. Early morning on 25th of April we were followed by a police car. I would even characterise their approach as deliberate harassment. The driver (my wife) finally made a mistake and...

I did not say I did not expect depreciation. I said I enquired about the resale value and was given very strong assurances that resale value within 12 months would be in the order of 90-95%. But when the Tesla did what it did, I lost at least another 10% overnight. My arguments are about...

You don't know what I was planning to do with the car. I was planning to trade-in the car for Model Y when it becomes available in Australia that could be in the next 12 months as we need the bigger space as the family car. So, I made that clear to Tesla rep and therefore were inquiring about...

And the price dropped within two weeks of buying that? The point is simple, had I known about the impending price drop and release of the new car, I would have waited. I was deliberately deprived of that information for them to move their current stock. Other car makers know this results in bad...

Where did you use to get 'contact an executive team'? I don't seem to have that. I have never been able to get past my incompetent sales rep who seems to be no more useful than a recorded voice which keeps repeating, 'I am sorry sir, I understand but my programming does not allow to accommodate...

Strong representations were made to me about the resale value of the car within 12 months. I have quoted some of the emails with sales rep where she is making representations about depreciation of Tesla within 12 months as low as 5.5%. Given that my car has depreciated at least 10% overnight in...

This is a reversal argument. I understand the sarcasm here but legally in Australia a business cannot increase the price of a product they have sold (even if not delivered yet). There are consumer protections in place that you cannot take, then reverse the role of buyer and seller and see if the...

A car is a significant asset and depreciation is absolutely a factor. Particularly, when the sales person kept banging on the fact that Teslas hold their value much more than other cars. Sent me a link to back up her claims on Tesla losing only 5.5% of the value and to win me over found local...

Emerging technology is great. Rash decisions without properly taking the impact to customers into account and bad customer service is not.

rather: It was very predictable that it is not going to make customers very pleased.

That I can understand, I have bought a 2020 model not 2021. If I knew the new model is coming out in 3 weeks time, I would have probably waited but a new model coming out and a price drop of this size, no one would even hesitate to wait. It was very predictable that it is not going to make...

Perhaps not by myself. But, if enough of us who are affected come together in AU we may be able to have our voice heard.

Haha, I had posted on Tesla's own forums. Copy and paste referring to an earlier post!

Tesla just dropped the price of M3 by $8000 in Australia. This is good news for motorists considering an EV in Australia and I am all for it. However, it short-changes the customers who recently bought a Tesla. My EV depreciated when I drove it out of the showroom (less than three weeks ago)...