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[05omegav6]

Supercharging is free for the life of Model S

Ought to be at £980 a month for the car 

Been through this already. Fueling a Tesla at home for a year costs less than taxing your Omega for a year. Though that does totally ignore the fact that you can fuel the Tesla at Tesla chgarging points free for ever. So it's already saves you the cost of taxing and fueling your Omega.

By the way, it's a £50k+ car from the executive end of the luxury market. The target audience is S Class/7 series drivers, so no point bitching about the price, as you clearly missed the point of it

Al .. you forgot one other extremely important point ......

IT'S BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( and so are the performance figures !)

 

Believe you me Nigel, I am very much a fan

If I could guarantee my income, it would be a serious contender for work

[henryd]

Supercharging is free for the life of Model S

Ought to be at £980 a month for the car 

Been through this already. Fueling a Tesla at home for a year costs less than taxing your Omega for a year. Though that does totally ignore the fact that you can fuel the Tesla at Tesla chgarging points free for ever. So it's already saves you the cost of taxing and fueling your Omega.

By the way, it's a £50k+ car from the executive end of the luxury market. The target audience is S Class/7 series drivers, so no point bitching about the price, as you clearly missed the point of it

Al .. you forgot one other extremely important point ......

IT'S BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( and so are the performance figures !)

 

+1,its about the only leccy car I could live with at the moment

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Supercharging is free for the life of Model S

Ought to be at £980 a month for the car 

Been through this already. Fueling a Tesla at home for a year costs less than taxing your Omega for a year. Though that does totally ignore the fact that you can fuel the Tesla at Tesla chgarging points free for ever. So it's already saves you the cost of taxing and fueling your Omega.

By the way, it's a £50k+ car from the executive end of the luxury market. The target audience is S Class/7 series drivers, so no point bitching about the price, as you clearly missed the point of it

Al .. you forgot one other extremely important point ......

IT'S BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( and so are the performance figures !)

 

+1,its about the only leccy car I could live with at the moment

....but still no more than a glorified milk float.

Hydrogen fuel cell cars are the way to go. Electric cars have been around since the dawn of time and yet they still need a good old-fashioned petrol engine to help out if you travel further than the end of your drive.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

[05omegav6]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

Keep trying... Tesla have an unlimited mileage 8 year warranty on drive train and batteries, which is nice

[The Sheriff]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

You can rent the batteries, but still very expensive.
You hold on to your ancient barge, old man, it won't be obsolete for a while yet.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

You can rent the batteries, but still very expensive.
You hold on to your ancient barge, old man, it won't be obsolete for a while yet.

Who are you calling an 'old man'........Fossil face.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

Keep trying... Tesla have an unlimited mileage 8 year warranty on drive train and batteries, which is nice

By which time they are barely fit to get you home from the corner shop.

....and when they finally go tits up the cost for replacement is......£....

[The Sheriff]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

Keep trying... Tesla have an unlimited mileage 8 year warranty on drive train and batteries, which is nice

By which time they are barely fit to get you home from the corner shop.

I agree. Bet they're well down on range after just the first year.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not to mention the cost of replacement batteries every five years or so.

Keep trying... Tesla have an unlimited mileage 8 year warranty on drive train and batteries, which is nice

By which time they are barely fit to get you home from the corner shop.

I agree. Bet they're well down on range after just the first year.

Not to mention the effects of sub zero temperatures.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Supercharging is free for the life of Model S

Ought to be at £980 a month for the car 

Been through this already. Fueling a Tesla at home for a year costs less than taxing your Omega for a year. Though that does totally ignore the fact that you can fuel the Tesla at Tesla chgarging points free for ever. So it's already saves you the cost of taxing and fueling your Omega.

By the way, it's a £50k+ car from the executive end of the luxury market. The target audience is S Class/7 series drivers, so no point bitching about the price, as you clearly missed the point of it

Al .. you forgot one other extremely important point ......

IT'S BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( and so are the performance figures !)

 

Believe you me Nigel, I am very much a fan

If I could guarantee my income, it would be a serious contender for work

A Tesla taxi.......are you mad, Al?

[05omegav6]

Not at all... £1380 pm for the spec I want, then take full advantage of free charges rip the arse out of the supercharger network and free coffee plus insurance, so call it £1550 per month. The Eclass costs a total of £650 prr month. The £900 a month difference equates to two tanks of diesel a week...

A slow week I'll use just over a tank and on a busy week will use three tanks. If I were consistently busy, the Model S would make serious sense...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not at all... £1380 pm for the spec I want, then take full advantage of free charges rip the arse out of the supercharger network and free coffee plus insurance, so call it £1550 per month. The Eclass costs a total of £650 prr month. The £900 a month difference equates to two tanks of diesel a week...

A slow week I'll use just over a tank and on a busy week will use three tanks. If I were consistently busy, the Model S would make serious sense...

Would you have to put a large deposit down?

[tigers_gonads]

Not at all... £1380 pm for the spec I want, then take full advantage of free charges rip the arse out of the supercharger network and free coffee plus insurance, so call it £1550 per month. The Eclass costs a total of £650 prr month. The £900 a month difference equates to two tanks of diesel a week...

A slow week I'll use just over a tank and on a busy week will use three tanks. If I were consistently busy, the Model S would make serious sense...

Serious question Al
I wonder if there is a market for a environmentally friendly, luxurious taxi service with some of the more image conscious companies in the capital.
I bet there are some companies or even celebrities around there who would pay top dollar to turn up at a venue or conference in a flash so called environmentally sound car 
And of course, you would charge a very good rate for such a exclusive service   

Maybe its worth looking into 

[Broomies Mate]

Not at all... £1380 pm for the spec I want, then take full advantage of free charges rip the arse out of the supercharger network and free coffee plus insurance, so call it £1550 per month. The Eclass costs a total of £650 prr month. The £900 a month difference equates to two tanks of diesel a week...

A slow week I'll use just over a tank and on a busy week will use three tanks. If I were consistently busy, the Model S would make serious sense...

Serious question Al
I wonder if there is a market for a environmentally friendly, luxurious taxi service with some of the more image conscious companies in the capital.
I bet there are some companies or even celebrities around there who would pay top dollar to turn up at a venue or conference in a flash so called environmentally sound car 
And of course, you would charge a very good rate for such a exclusive service   

Maybe its worth looking into 

Nah - The 'celebs' will end up in a Toyota Avensis/Mitsubishi Charisma because the batteries on the Tesla failed.