What charge level can I expect on pickup?

[corbett666]

I'm not sure this thread is still active, but what have the most recent collections in the UK delivery charge been like? I have a long drive after collection, so a good full battery would go a long way... but I just spoke to a tesla chat and she said that it can vary. Picking up from Brent Cross if anyone has any specific experience picking up from there, I'd be pleased to hear it!

 

[Jason71]

No recent experience but I think the quieter the time the higher the charge rate. I collected in Birmingham on a day with one other collection. As a result mine, and the other were fully charged. If you collect at the end of the quarter when they are doing dozens a day they just don't have the time / capacity to fully charge them all so at that point its pot luck really.

 

[Tinca]

Mine was delivered with about 65% charge and 7 miles on the odometer. It was collected from Tesla Leeds and loaded onto a trailer, but I don't know if it was charged there before delivery. If you're picking up from a site that has Superchargers, can't you drop it on there for a short while if you need more charge for the first journey? Looking on Google, there are Superchargers at Brent Cross.

 

[Alistairuk]

I'm not sure this thread is still active, but what have the most recent collections in the UK delivery charge been like? I have a long drive after collection, so a good full battery would go a long way... but I just spoke to a tesla chat and she said that it can vary. Picking up from Brent Cross if anyone has any specific experience picking up from there, I'd be pleased to hear it!

It varies by car and luck - you’ll have at least enough to make it to the nearest supercharger on your route they won’t provide you an empty car

 

[daveyb]

Tesla called me today to confirm my delivery on the 9th, and they told me it should have approx 100miles range. Who knows what it will actually have!

 

[Mr H]

The first supercharge on delivery day is free or at least mine was

 

[MorrisonHiker]

You can always try asking if they can top the car off before delivery. We once flew to pick up one of our Teslas in a different city and told them we had a 600 mile drive home. They charged the car to 100% shortly before we arrived to pick it up, allowing us to skip a Supercharger along the first stretch of our drive home. Even if they can't charge it to 100%, they could possibly charge it enough to get you to the next Supercharger on your drive home. It doesn't hurt to ask!

 

[OliLondon]

I picked up at Brent Cross and had around 65% I think - there were a lot of cars there though and it was more than enough to get me home (about 15 miles from Brent Cross south through central london)

 

[Jez_GB]

Picked my LR up from Leeds, mailed them a few days before explaining that I had a long drive on the day, iirc they charged it to around 85%

 

[SR-Plus]

Can’t remember exactly, but it was around 70%.

 

[ATPMSD]

My pickup was in Atlanta and it was 100%. You should require delivery with 100% so everyone knows the battery is within spec on delivery.

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

Not all collection locations have superchargers so filling cars up, especially when they have a lot to deliver, isn't an easy logistical exercise.

But Brent cross seem to have a couple so asusming you can get on one, you should be able to get what you need, and given you're liekly to want to check a few things before you depart, pair your phone, set your home destination, etc you could easily lose 30 mins doing things like that while its charging.

 

[PR-UK]

When I picked mine up from Dartford in December 2020 it only had 20% so had to go to a local supercharger before heading home, not an ideal first EV experience in my opinion driving in the cold and rain watching the percentage drop like a stone as I preheated for supercharging!

 

[MrT.]

Birmingham, right at the end of this March, so they were probably busy but it had ~100 miles in it, twice what I needed to get home.

 

[ParHunter]

I picked my car up from Thorpe Park in December and it had 18! % charge left. Left me with a nervous drive to the Supercharger near Heathrow.

 

[RealFov]

I picked up my M3 today in Birmingham, it had around 160 miles charge.
I had asked if it could be fairly high as I had a 250 mile trip home but oh well, got to try a super charger out on the first day!

 

[Billbrown1982]

The sales manager (or whatever his official term was) that contacted me prior to the big day was extxremely helpful and immediately logged into the car and checked how much charge it had for me about 5 days before collection.

So, thats an option.

Or as others have said, ask the salesman to delay marking the handover off on their computer so that you get free super charging and go and plug in at the nearest charger and give yourself that time to have a good look at the car, inside and out and get all the settings how you want.

That way you will have a much more enjoyable drive home imo.

 

[corbett666]

I picked my car up from Thorpe Park in December and it had 18! % charge left. Left me with a nervous drive to the Supercharger near Heathrow.

Oh wow, that’s pretty harsh! Did you at least get some free miles thrown in?

 

[corbett666]

The sales manager (or whatever his official term was) that contacted me prior to the big day was extxremely helpful and immediately logged into the car and checked how much charge it had for me about 5 days before collection.

So, thats an option.

Or as others have said, ask the salesman to delay marking the handover off on their computer so that you get free super charging and go and plug in at the nearest charger and give yourself that time to have a good look at the car, inside and out and get all the settings how you want.

That way you will have a much more enjoyable drive home imo.

I guess having a supercharger on site will help me out, but I’ve been playing with a better route planner and found I’ve got many options on route depending on what they decide to give me. Just be nice to start with a boost!

 

[Wol747]

As per one of the posters above, when my delivery date was confirmed I told them I had a long drive home and they charged it quite high. It didn’t actually matter since I stopped off at a supercharger to check it worked (it did) but I knew I could get home if there was some screw-up with the account’s settings.