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This is really a personal taste and economic decision rather than a practical one. The spring suspension for most cars (incl MS) should be able to handle 99.9% of HK roads. You can handle the 0.1% by driving really really slowly. Of course, you’re buying the wrong car if you’re going off...

The other variable which I can think of is the charging method (SC vs. Tesla Wall Connector vs. 3rd party Medium Charger). For my MS, it does make a little bit of difference in drivable range (when charging to the same 80% charge level) between the 3 charging types. Tesla Wall Connector and the...

Ok I see. The drop of around 1-2% per night sounds about right when parked... but your M3' actual driving range compared to the displayed power consumption looks a bit tight. If I'm doing 177~200Wh/km in my MS, I should get roughly 1km of range to 1km of actual driving. You may want to check...

Also my home at the top of a small hill doesn’t help... Btw, are you turning on the Sentry mode? I found this is another vampire drain killer! Sentry mode sucks up around 20-30km of range per day for my car (when stationary).

Also unique for HK, the summer (air con) and going up / downhill kill the range like nothing else. I once did 150-160km at 80% charge for my 2017 MS 90D during the un-seasonally warm summer days.

If you were doing 90% to 34% with a run of 105km and 177~200Wh/km for M3 Standard+, it does sound a bit low, or this implies around 210-220km for 100%. I've a 90D MS, usually charged to 80% for around 250km actual range at 230-250Wh/km. If I do sub 200Wh/km (on highway run), the 80% charge can...

The best way to overcome range anxiety (not recommended though) is to drive the range to 0km on the clock, and then some. It's liked finding a new religion on the range issue after this experience. I did this once, then drove another 5-6km to reach a SC with 0km range, this shows there is some...

Climate control also kills the range quickly. I averaged around 180km for 80% charge on my 2017 MS 90D during May’s unseasonally warm days. Otherwise I can do around 220-230km per charge.

Just got a quote for my MS 90D's comprehensive insurance renewal from Liberty, which is over 50% YoY increase and over HK$15K (out of the blue)!! This is despite max 60% NCB and ZERO claim history in my over 20 years driving history (incl. over 10 years in HK) and multi cars insuraed with...

Elon Musk teased an insurance foray during Tesla's earnings

Your experience sounds about right and similar to my experience with my MS in HK. You may get 350km or above on highway driving for 80-90% change, but nowhere near the advertised NEDC range. Then again, I’ve owned a number of other ICE cars in HK. None of them come close to the advertised fuel...

I've a MS 90D (2017), I've got a rated range of around 390km when charged to 80% but only 220-230km in actuality! My previous MS P85+ (2014) has a rated range of around 360km at 80%, but around 180-200km under my normal driving conditions!! Mainly driving around HK island. PS. Spare a thought...

Very cool! : )

I still haven't got my V9 update yet... Just wondering does the Atari games Easter Egg come with the V9 update?

Theoretically the lower front view (or other surrounding views) is not an issue for the Tesla. As even with all the cameras (in a Tesla or other vehicles), they may not be possible to cover a true 360 degree view with blind spots (assuming a stationary vehicle). However, when a vehicle starts to...

I used Dream Colours in Sau Kai Wan for my MS (as well as my other cars over the years). They do a good job for HK$8-1k depending on the size of the rim.

I understand MS / MX facelift / Mk2 are coming soon... I hope HUDs would be included.

Although I haven’t experienced this issue recently. But I did receive charging interrupted and stopped msg while charging at Hopewell a couple of times in the past. The last time being may be a year and half ago. Initially I didn’t think much of this, but retrospectively, these were most likely...

Do you (or we) genuinely think that for a finance secretary, who also runs a "sub-divided" flat business model in SSP on the side has the intellect to understand all this!? He doesn't have the vision or guts as Elon for sure.

Royal bummer...

It's not a sensible policy in the first place given that HK follows market economy... having this ownership requirement simply creates a potential loophole which you've helpfully highlighted. As if you're not (or someone else) buying this 6-years old car, the car serves no purpose in HK and...

Shared the same view that the new EV policy is disappointing to say the least. Guess it'd help marginally potential Tesla customers in HK. However, can Tesla supply HK "commercial" versions of MS and MX to take advantage of this new policy? Not sure what're the vehicle certification...

Tesla to cut back presence in Hong Kong if Musk’s “beacon city” fails to adopt new EV incentives , says report Tesla to cut back presence in Hong Kong if Musk's "beacon city" fails to adopt new EV incentives , says report

This makes ZERO sense to me. The prem is driven by the potential payout and accident rate. Even with a spike in the accident rate, I don't see how the payout (on the insured vehicle) could go up given it's a depreciating asset (plus its insured value is a significanlty depreciated pre-FRT MS'...

This is only applicable to the newer batch model with enhanced hardware (fuse, connector, etc.), I don’t think HK has any of these newer models, or very few given the recent tax regime change. The OTA update doesn’t change the performance of the existing fleet of MS or MX.

What an eye opener with the statistics and figures!

About bl%@#*(Y@ time! I'd like to propose to add to the scope of the investigation certain "smart" charger operator / utility holding EV users to ransom with an exuberant charging "rental" for select sites exclusively.

It's more liked WITH the FRT exemption it says - buy a cool Tesla for half the price of a super / hyper car; and WITHOUT the FRT exemption it says - the govt DOESN'T want you buying a cool Tesla. Tesla's local market share says it all (with the FRT exemption applied to all EVs in HK). People...

That's a fundamental difference, white elephants these infrastructure projects may be (though I'm hesitant to rush into a conclusion), money is being spent and invested into the real economy. For example, they created numerous construction workers opportunities, and those people toiled to make...

Notwithstanding its ad, there is no coating or thin film that can protect the car from small stone chips or neighboring car door slamming onto your car unfortunately... I already have a couple of minor scratches on the bonnet. The fact is the coating doesn't add any value materially in most of...

I used Keeper Pro's coating, it does work as promised, and does a good job protecting the car from acid rain and bird's dropping. You can get away from not washing the car for a couple of months, as exposing the car to heavy rain would clean the car right away. As a bonus, the level of service...

Hong Kong’s shame: the wealthy who occupy public housing Also think that we've vastly underestimated his income: ICAC surprises judge with case against radical HK legislator PS. Someone should ask for oil majors and car dealers' PR campaign fund allocations in HK.

The forum is not intended as a battleground for "class" warfare and I don't bit&(&T and moan about my tax money goes to SUBSIDISE long hair's public housing flat. That is an example of SUBSIDY by the tax payers. Before those parliamentarians engage in a debate on the subject, they should...

Even so, EV advocates would be drum out by big oil and car dealers lobbyists... LOL

Competition for the MS is coming: The 2018 Karma Revero Exhumes Fisker's Tesla-Fighting Sedan from Its Grave Again...

I set this at 110km/h for my MS Though this is pretty academic in HK, as one rarely drives at above 80km/h for an extensive period of time (e.g., more than 10minutes...) in HK to feel the difference in energy consumption.

Both are good and easily coded features to be pushed out through OTA update. Another Tweet Elon idea...

Happened to me once too, I disabled the walk-away lock from the menu since then...

Tesla is a victim of its own success in a way, and its commercial success over the past 3 years virtually guarantee a "backlash" from the ICEs and the oil majors as their market shares eroded. IMHO there is absolutely nothing wrong with discontinuing the original tax emption on EVs, except the...

Not a chance... the pressure from the oil majors and the car dealers lobby groups is greater than a handful of EV advocates can apply in HK. Look no further than how ridiculous that the government is handling the cold telemarketing calls regulations by way of example. The public outcry on...

Bolt isn't bad really... but people is voting with their wallet: GM extends plant shutdowns, carries big backlog of Chevy Bolts, other cars Jul 28 is going to rock!

Try BMW i8, you will be mightily impressed! Perhaps this is another Tweet Elon feature for the next OTA update...

I took delivery of a MS, pre-tax price, and insured with Liberty earlier in the year. I asked them the question re replacement cost post-tax hike. They told me that they would only cover replacement cost upto the insured amount, not the true replacement amount (post tax-hike). Hard to think that...

Since I traded in my “classic” MS and took delivery of a 2017 MS recently, just would like to share some first-hand observations on the often debated topic of Tesla vehicle quality vs. the more established players. Based on most objective measures, MS / MX quality gaps aren’t as far apart as...

I think the vehicle's propulsion system is secondary in answering this question. If every car or most cars are connected and guided by some form of autonomous driving system. In certain cities, I think a rudimentary system is the intelligent red light navigation by Audi (a built-in system in...

You've hit on a very good point on the battery / lithium supply. There is not going to be enough lithium battery as of today, if Tesla is going to achieve 500k unit sales next year. This is also the reason why Tesla is building the Gigafactory, which is just barely enough to supply Tesla's own...

These are all registered and inventory stocks, so technically 2nd hand vehicles. You should ring up your sales specialist and find out what's in the inventory. Their website shows only a sub-set of the inventory stocks, am pretty sure there are lower-spec MS available, but they're going fast. MX...

Ball / Po Su is always a bit of an idiot and am sure that you can find his car parked next to his "subdivided flats" for the potato... I can attest that all of my neighbors replaced their ICEs to EVs (mostly MS / MX) on an one-to-one basis, and there is a few households managed to replace 2...

Elon Musk is considering a Tesla in-car Wifi hotspot and dynamic 360-degree surround view

TD's paper work is a chore. The counter's processing time is around 5 minutes but the queue is ridiculously long and the waiting time could be anywhere between 30min to a couple of hours. It's ridiculous that they've "professional" queuers with multiple rego applications, roughly 60-70% of the...