6366 reservation holder moving to France (bonjour!) for business in January from the US (au revoir!) for two years. Based on all the information available right now looks like January-March delivery. If anything, as a mostly 'forum voyeur', this site has proven that the knowledge of the community is quite impressive on all levels and certainly people have some strong opinions on obscure topics.
The question I pose is whether it makes sense to either (i) call up Tesla and move myself into the EU reservation group (knowing it will be a long time before I actually see my actual car) or (ii) import the US version to France. I just started looking into the whole process of importing and my company will take care of the cost to physically move the car across the Atlantic, but the unknowns are import taxes, and conversion to meet requirements of EU laws. Any insight on this? Also will I possibly be missing out on some functionality that will be key to use the car in the EU (strangely remember reading something about 3 phase or stage charging or something that is the standard in the EU - anyway to overcome this)? I do plan to come back to the US after the two year stint in France, and so to the extent this factors into a suggestion certainly let me know.
Anyway, like the majority of reservation holders on this forum, I am incredibly excited to receive delivery of my Model S to experience it in reality versus read/contemplate it through a virtual discussion, however, I also do not want to make a catastrophic mistake by allowing my exuberance overshadow cold logic. Thoughts, comments, suggestions? THANKS.
The question I pose is whether it makes sense to either (i) call up Tesla and move myself into the EU reservation group (knowing it will be a long time before I actually see my actual car) or (ii) import the US version to France. I just started looking into the whole process of importing and my company will take care of the cost to physically move the car across the Atlantic, but the unknowns are import taxes, and conversion to meet requirements of EU laws. Any insight on this? Also will I possibly be missing out on some functionality that will be key to use the car in the EU (strangely remember reading something about 3 phase or stage charging or something that is the standard in the EU - anyway to overcome this)? I do plan to come back to the US after the two year stint in France, and so to the extent this factors into a suggestion certainly let me know.
Anyway, like the majority of reservation holders on this forum, I am incredibly excited to receive delivery of my Model S to experience it in reality versus read/contemplate it through a virtual discussion, however, I also do not want to make a catastrophic mistake by allowing my exuberance overshadow cold logic. Thoughts, comments, suggestions? THANKS.