Rumour of free premium for leases cars ending

[bc1979]

Good to hear.

 

[NewbieT]

Most leases have terms about you being responsible for connected services costs after any initial period ends, Zen auto certainly do

Stand corrected - it is there. I didn’t word search ‘Connected’ or re-read the whole thing. Well spotted.

 

[spdpsba]

Elsewhere there has been a report from a reliable source that from April 1st lease car drivers will have to pay for premium connectivity.

Obviously due to the day this is supposed to happen every is saying it’s an April Fool but the contact works for Octopus EV leasing and Tesla have told them they need to pay for it.

No one else’s as far as I can see has been notified of this from their lease company. Has anyone on here? Also how are people going to pay for this when we can’t even buy any upgrades when we want.

I have got the message in the car saying the premium connectivity ends in May 2022 but my lease lasts till 2024. So looks like the lease companies are slowly releasing themselves from the premium connectivity options. Not good!

 

[Rocko]

Same. Lease company told me a few weeks ago that Tesla told them...

Leased vehicles currently have Premium Connectivity without payment as there isn’t yet a way for leasing customers to pay for the service through the Tesla App / online Tesla Account.

We are currently developing a payment method and once launched, the drivers of leased vehicles will need to pay a subscription for the service

 

[Tigermad]

Someone has just contacted Leaseplan and they have told them it’s nonsense.

I’m with Lex and mine says expires May 1st too :-(

 

[Tigermad]

Same. Lease company told me a few weeks ago that Tesla told them...



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Who’s your lease company and I wonder why people aren’t being contacted?

 

[rincewind]

I don't know how supercharging works with leases, do lease drivers get full visibility and pay direct or is it rebilled? I presumed billed direct, so maybe they can use that as a mechanism too,

Pay direct - it's part of the Tesla account created when I got the car.

 

[Rocko]

Who’s your lease company and I wonder why people aren’t being contacted?

Lex Autolease. They've since told me they haven't heard anything from Tesla regarding this.

 

[bc1979]

Mine now says expires May 1 2022 as well.

Well are they going to let us pay or what?

 

[bc1979]

I will be really annoyed if I can’t even pay the £10 to keep it?

 

[Tigermad]

Lex Autolease. They've since told me they haven't heard anything from Tesla regarding this.

I thought above you said they contacted you after Tesla told them? I’m confused.

 

[Tigermad]

Mine now says expires May 1 2022 as well.

Well are they going to let us pay or what?

They lease companies should knock £10 off our payment per month. Some people ordered knowing you get the premium included.

 

[Rocko]

I thought above you said they contacted you after Tesla told them? I’m confused.

First quote is from a few weeks ago.

Today they told me they haven't had any further updates from Tesla regarding starting to charge for it.

My guess is come May 1st, everything will still work. I won't be very happy if it doesn't and there is no mechanism to pay for it.

 

[bc1979]

They lease companies should knock £10 off our payment per month. Some people ordered knowing you get the premium included.

Personally I was always wary that it was an unspoken thing and that it may not continue. They have never advertised it as being included, it was always just a thing.

I am a bit gutted it’s going but I want to keep it and if I have to pay £10 a month then I will reluctantly pay it but I am a bit concerned that Tesla won’t have anything set up to do so.

 

[Fursty Ferret]

I would expect it to run for the 12 months free that you get with a normal purchase (as was described on the website).

Don't mind paying after that point and was expecting to. I guess it comes down to the nitty-gritty of the lease agreement, but if it's salary sacrifice then the lease company is defrauding your employer, not you, if they increase the payment.

 

[WannabeOwner]

I am a bit concerned that Tesla won’t have anything set up to do so.

Move forward before anyone is ready is normal ... sadly. So I think there is risk that this will be the case. Hope not though.

Buying one tesla share should offset any charge you have to pay due to the vast increase in profit that netting all the lease vehicles will raise ...

 

[WannabeOwner]

I would expect it to run for the 12 months free that you get with a normal purchase

Now only a month (and maybe not even that?)

That's not to say that when you purchased there was a different deal in place. I had 12 months on the first M3, and a month on replacement MY (neither on finance)

 

[bc1979]

Anyone feel like contacting Tesla to find out how we are going to do this?

What’s the bet they tell us to talk to our lease providers who in turn will have no idea what’s going on.

 

[Rocko]

My lease provider said earlier today...

I haven’t heard anything from Tesla regarding the continuation of the subscription. The last we heard, they’re working on a way to add a payment service to the subscription but this hasn’t been finalised yet. There has been no further update since.

 

[Durzel]

Anyone feel like contacting Tesla to find out how we are going to do this?

What’s the bet they tell us to talk to our lease providers who in turn will have no idea what’s going on.

A good possibility of that. Then again, they have a couple of weeks to get it sorted and it might even be as good as ready to launch.

I would not take Tesla communicating (or not) to lease providers etc as a sign of anything one way or the other, to be honest.