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What exactly do you mean by “autonomous cars”? Cars that can achieve Level 5 autonomy without any restrictions such as geofencing? Cars that, as the Musk keeps promising, don’t need pedals or a steering wheel? There’s no way we’ll see that anywhere in 2026 or for a long time after. For all the...

The new Performance has left me a bit cold. After all the rumours about “Plaid” and “Ludicrous” the very slight increase in performance is disappointing. The upgraded suspension and better seats are welcome but for me the whole package isn’t worth an extra £10k. It would have to come down by at...

The term “Rip Off Britain” has been around for decades - long before Brexit.

He did make a couple of major bloopers. In explaining the price difference between the RWD and the LR he said that the LR costs 25% more just for a bigger battery. No - you also get an extra motor and all wheel drive. Later he kept on talking about “radar cruise control”. He clearly doesn’t...

Yes, it all looks fixed. I’ve driven about 400 miles since I picked it up and the range and performance is exactly what I would expect. Tesla weren’t letting me keep the loaner over the weekend though. On Saturday morning I got a message (while I was in Rugby) reminding me to bring the car in...

Someone claims the wipers are fixed or at least improved after every single update and it never happens. I won’t hold my breath for this one because asphyxiation doesn’t agree with me.

Well I was expecting my car to be ready on 26th April but just had a message to say it will be ready at 11am today. Invoice shows HV battery replaced at a cost of £8,658.33 and AC cable replaced at a cost of £165.00. While great service the timing is a bummer because I’m supposed to be leaving...

This day an age it’s really not hard to reach and breach 100A. We have a 22KW Andersen charger and three 10.8KW showers. Run all these together and the load is more than 230A. We have a three phase supply and luckily the fuses are 100A each so we still have some spare capacity for all the other...

But BYD still experienced a 13% sales growth of BEVs in Q1 2024 compares to Q1 2023 while Tesla suffered an 8.5% fall. I’m no market analyst but I’d be willing to bet a small fortune that BYD’s sales will comfortably beat Tesla’s in 2024.

My two daughters both drive Zoes and love them. We have a 3 phase electricity supply and a 22Kw Andersen charger, so charging them at 22Kw takes no time at all. Just as well because there are four EVs in our household. Just a shame my M3 is limited to 11Kw.

It would have been better if the thread had not gone off topic. It’s supposed to be about reduced production at Shanghai, not a symposium about climate change.

I hope you get sorted soon. My app tells me the estimated repair date for my car is 26th April. That’s fine - I’m saving 250 miles a week on my car and enjoying free supercharging. The loaner I’ve been given is a 2019 M3LR - not the Performance I’m used to but perfectly adequate. The charge...

I just sent a message asking for an update because my battery was running down and within 5 minutes I had a reply inviting me to drop my car off at Chester SC and pick up a loaner. Arrived at 2.20pm and left less than 10 minutes later in a loaner. Very efficient.

Tesla have identified that I need a new HV battery. As my battery was running down Chester SC invited me to drop my car off and pick up a loaner. Great service so far. As I can enjoy free supercharging I’m not really concerned about how long the repair takes.

I’m really hoping that mine doesn’t need a new battery, but all I’ve heard from Tesla so far is “parts may be needed”. I’m presuming your car is still under warranty so have you been provided with a loaner? I still need to drive for work and my battery is now down to 42%. I may need to drive...