Tesla Model 3 in Australia

[Dylan_]

Accessories: Not in Australia but many Overseas like Aftermarket Tesla accessories, gear, consoles, and parts
Vehicle to Home power: Tesla not doing this at the moment as it would compete with their Powerwall business.
SpaceX stuff: I got nothing
Regional delivery: Pop down to Sydney and enjoy the drive home via the Supercharging network.

Thanks, have made some minor purchases from EV Tuning but hopeful to pick up some of the bigger stuff locally eventually.

I've been driving old manuals for over 20 years, I want to sit and get accustomed to the M3 slowly and driving through Sydney in my shiny new car that I don't really know yet would freak me the hell out. Roadtrips are already being planned however!

Oh another quickie.. do I need to buy an adapter for all those free supermarket and destination chargers that aren't Tesla ones?

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[jowetts]

A few people in Sydney on other forums appear to have taken delivery of their Model 3s. How come no one here has?

I was told on the phone today that only 1 had been delivered in Syd......truth or lies? You'd think all the 12v batteries on this shipment were 'bad' as more than likely they are from the same batch.

 

[jyavenard]

I was told on the phone today that only 1 had been delivered in Syd......truth or lies? You'd think all the 12v batteries on this shipment were 'bad' as more than likely they are from the same batch.

A grey SR+; he posted photo in the Facebook group.

 

[LGGD]

I was told on the phone today that only 1 had been delivered in Syd......truth or lies? You'd think all the 12v batteries on this shipment were 'bad' as more than likely they are from the same batch.

There are at least 2 people who are saying they have taken delivery in Sydney.

 

[jowetts]

If you want to feel better about waiting, you can read about all the US deliveries taking a shocking month vs the promised two weeks and the firestorm of angry people on that thread. Tesla is jerking their chains too by not giving any information lol. Schadenfreude.




Performance Waiting Room

Most if not all here are still in a line and have not yet paid for the vehicle in the case here we've all paid up. Big difference in my opinion.

One aspec that is common is the setting of expectation and fair play. If Telsa had not promised a delivery and urged me to pay immediately to meet their delivery offer (invoiced only 4 days before delivery) I'd be non the wiser that they had a battery problem, i.e the call would have just been 2 weeks later. Its a basic tenant of setting expectations and failing to deliver. This is sales 101 and not what I expect for 100k. I get better service from a $2 e-bay seller.

 

[jowetts]

There are plenty of ships coming

There may be plent of ships but M3 vehicle deliveries will dry up at for a period at the end of the quarter. Telsa will want the MINIMUM of vehicles in transit and will focus all efforts on the NA market. At the start of the new quarter the tap will turn on again.

 

[Techno-phile]

Checked. See post above - 30 hours of Ride Share OK. A binary choice is not applicable. The majority is Private (although that is based on travel to and from work being counted as Private) and the minority is using my car to travel between the office and customer sites.


I'll be doing that anyway just because it is a Tesla, plus I am constantly driving to new locations for meetings, and I am a taxi for my kids as well, so again, the only difference is taking a cut.

Checked. See post above - 30 hours of Ride Share OK. A binary choice is not applicable. The majority is Private (although that is based on travel to and from work being counted as Private) and the minority is using my car to travel between the office and customer sites.



I'll be doing that anyway just because it is a Tesla, plus I am constantly driving to new locations for meetings, and I am a taxi for my kids as well, so again, the only difference is taking a cut.

A couple of issues however:
Cars can only be depreciated from the luxury tax limit, not full purchase cost.

Any ridesharing requires gst registration, but not worth claiming a proportion of purchase gst since this is limited to luxury car limit, and no limit applies when accounting for the proportion of gst on sales.

But I am not an accountant, so best to consult your own.

Any rideshare use excludes the possibility of buying a warranty extension from Tesla or Redbook.

My old S85 could supercharge for commercial use, but this has since been stopped for newer cars (this would have been great if we actually had a supercharger in Perth).

Ride share income is seriously bad, but rider chats and interest more than make up for this. ZZAP just starting, exclusively offering EVs for rideshare with much lower commission rates than Uber.

 

[Techno-phile]

Hi Andy, Good info. Have you swung by? The train journey takes about 3 days direct from Sydney. Does anyone know if they are definitely coming by truck or train, train direct from Sydney, truck to Melbourne, then train? Add a few days either side for loading/unloading means the first lot should be getting pretty close. I need to head that direction today so might swing by and snoop.

The first 8 Teslas in WA (from the December 2014 shipment to Sydney), eventually arrived by rail in Feb2015 at the old Autonexus facility in Grogan rd near the airport.
Until the day before handover, Tesla were telling us that we had to take them over the pits and register them ourselves.
We collected the cars from Grogan rd, without any handover briefing, since there were no Tesla delivery specialists in those days.
Things have improved a bit since then.

 

[Mike75d]

Here are the first Model 3s arriving in Melbourne at Richmond service/delivery

 

[Renewablekid]

No test drives at Richmond/Chadstone?

I’m only 18

 

[Renewablekid]

Having driven a Tesla for 4.5 years you can never assume what reaction you will get from the general public.
I’ve had expletives shouted at me by one Ute driver and thumbs up from another.
Car people were a bit bemused at first but now are largely positive.
Go out and be yourself in your Tesla and 99% of the reactions will be positive.

Definitely me giving the thumbs up

 

[maveric74]

Got the final invoice emailed yesterday and going to pay this tomorrow. Hopefully delivery on the 17th is not affected by the 12v battery issue. Interesting that the invoice is dated 22/08/19.

 

[Vedaprime]

There may be plent of ships but M3 vehicle deliveries will dry up at for a period at the end of the quarter. Telsa will want the MINIMUM of vehicles in transit and will focus all efforts on the NA market. At the start of the new quarter the tap will turn on again.

Vehicle deliveries are massively in transit now, and deliveries will be right up until end of quarter in a delivery frenzy. I think what you meant to say, was ***Production*** would switch to NA market in September, and in early October we can expect a drop in Model 3s on ships arriving October so there are fewer ships in transit at end of quarter. The European ships also have not much going on in the last month of the quarter from leaving SFO pier 80 as seen each quarter for the same reason.

 

[TEZLA3-AUS]

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Got the final invoice emailed yesterday and going to pay this tomorrow. Hopefully delivery on the 17th is not affected by the 12v battery issue. Interesting that the invoice is dated 22/08/19.

Wow your quick, I was told as long has funds have cleared 24 hours before the date. I would hold off if I was you for a bit

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

The only negative experience I’ve had was a bunch of hoons pulling up alongside yelling something with their doof doof music blasting and some loud thing known as an engine revving away.
Lets just say they were very quiet at the next set of lights.
Then fairly much any boy under the age of 14 “look dad a tesla”.

Death metal. Doof doof’s kryptonite

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

I’m only 18

For all the returning vets from Clayton, “god help me, I was only 18”...

 

[AussiePete]

Any Sr+ person to confirm? What inclusions would be greatly appreciated.

Based on the Facebook group, the first SR+ seems to have gone to a family member of the Sydney Delivery Team.

 

[lonewolf313]

I need a sticker that says "My other car is a Tesla" to whack on the family rust bucket Subaru?

The closest thing around is a sticker you can buy from Ebay

There is a known saying for the letters in the word "Tesla"

T . . . Totally
E . . . Electric
S . . . Starship
L . . . Like
A . . . Adventure

 

[PJF000]

A couple of issues however:
Cars can only be depreciated from the luxury tax limit, not full purchase cost.

Any ridesharing requires gst registration, but not worth claiming a proportion of purchase gst since this is limited to luxury car limit, and no limit applies when accounting for the proportion of gst on sales.

But I am not an accountant, so best to consult your own.

Any rideshare use excludes the possibility of buying a warranty extension from Tesla or Redbook.

My old S85 could supercharge for commercial use, but this has since been stopped for newer cars (this would have been great if we actually had a supercharger in Perth).

Ride share income is seriously bad, but rider chats and interest more than make up for this. ZZAP just starting, exclusively offering EVs for rideshare with much lower commission rates than Uber.

AFAIK GST registration voluntary until you reach 75k turnover p.a.

 

[meowsers]

AFAIK GST registration voluntary until you reach 75k turnover p.a.

Not when you drive for ride-sharing. You are immediately considered a taxi by the ATO and have to register for GST