Tesla Talk

eddhorse · 19-09-2021 07:58AM

Just tease us with the power wall.

zg3409 · 20-09-2021 06:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117910149#Comment_117910149

Can that not be bought in ROI?

slave1 · 20-09-2021 06:32PM

Nope, outside of ESB specs

Kramer · 21-09-2021 01:44AM

A "Design Studio"?

Chose from 5 colours, 2 wheel sizes & 2 interior colours. On your phone.

Design studio!!!! 😲

AndyBoBandy · 21-09-2021 08:59AM

I wonder is the PowerWall there to power the 'studio'? and I wonder is the roof decked out in Solar panels?

From the pictures, I don't see any cables going to/from the box... unless there were pre-existing power cables already in that particular spot...

The charger has power anyway!!

ELM327 · 21-09-2021 09:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117916897#Comment_117916897

Not anymore

slave1 · 21-09-2021 09:51AM

Interesting, moves to the "outside of Budget specs" so....

sk8board · 21-09-2021 10:08AM

Cybertruck initial production now hoped to be late 2022 and deliveries 2023, so realistically it’s probably still about 2 years away, which would be 4 years after the announcement.

slave1 · 28-09-2021 08:37AM

Got the Andriod App update, prefer the look of the older one, liked the heavy shading of the vehicle

zg3409 · 05-10-2021 04:00PM

Supposedly the show room in Cork is now open with someone visiting it according to Facebook, at Mahon Point shopping centre

JohnC. · 25-10-2021 12:42PM

Hertz ordered 100,000 Teslas to be delivered over the next 14 months

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-25/hertz-said-to-order-100-000-teslas-in-car-rental-market-shake-up

Model 3 rentals will start to become available in parts of US and Europe next month. They will have access to Superchargers and Hertz are also rolling out their own infrastructure.

AndyBoBandy · 25-10-2021 01:50PM

Yeah Tesla’s paint will fall off and Hertz will charge you €17,000

innrain · 25-10-2021 04:11PM

Was just looking to rent a car in DE/AT and there is no decent option to get an EV. Only Tesla can provide a seamless experience. Can you imagine a first time EV driver trying to charge using instructions in a different language finding broken chargers hooking up the wrong cable and all that.

For the paint there is insurance.

25-10-2021 06:33PM

This is great news for any manufacturer who has the ability to provide EVs. SUVs, Crossovers, compact hatchbacks are all needed by the rental companies. They may not need the sales now but a few years down the line the volume will be welcome.

slave1 · 25-10-2021 07:37PM

Also, another avenue for future used market

25-10-2021 07:52PM

I assume the need to return a car with a full "tank of petrol" will be removed. Such a waste of time for me when I'm returning a hire car.

markpb · 25-10-2021 08:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118072112#Comment_118072112

I can’t see it going away. Hertz will still want cars ready to go to the next customer as quickly as possible. Unless they plan to fit a bank of fast chargers at their (busy) locations, cars will still need to be returned with a reasonable SoC.

It’s definitely a pain but at least it’s one that you have the option to make go away with money

garo · 25-10-2021 10:47PM

Didn't Hertz file for bankruptcy?

25-10-2021 10:49PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/business/hertz-bankrupcty.html

Bankruptcy in the U.S. is a means of shedding debt and getting ahead of your competitors.

garo · 26-10-2021 02:06PM

Thanks. Would they file bankruptcy again if they can't pay Tesla? Or do they only stiff their workers and smaller creditors?

garo · 26-10-2021 02:07PM

More to the point, I am reading that the Tesla botched FSD software release and rollback turned off AEB and FCW without notifying end-users. That sounds kind of dangerous.

26-10-2021 02:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118075313#Comment_118075313

I guess the cars will only trickle in so limited risk for Tesla. I'd be more worried about prices being depressed when the cars are sold on afterwards by Hertz. So far Tesla hasn't been hurt by not supporting their residuals but it becomes an important topic if they want to go mainstream.

Tesla doesn't need profit but the financial markets won't like it if it slashes retail prices. It just needs to keep volumes up. It gets volume from this and they can fudge their margin. It doesn't have to worry about such tiresome topics as paying dividends to investors.

garo · 26-10-2021 02:20PM

The EV space is seeing many new competitors. Tesla doesn't have the first mover advantage for much longer. It was able to get by not supporting residuals because it was seen as a niche products and not enough people cared. I would think that in 2-3 years time EVs would be more common but demand would still outstrip supply. People would just have more EVs to chose from.

mfceiling · 26-10-2021 04:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118075388#Comment_118075388

2 words

Charging network.

MightyMunster · 26-10-2021 06:06PM

Also aren't all the legacy companies selling EVs at a loss to meet GHG emissions targets? Or was that just VAG?

26-10-2021 06:10PM

they are not selling their cars at a loss. They are in general the highest margin products they have but putting on the poor mouth to keep the subsidies as long as possible.

garo · 26-10-2021 06:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118076003#Comment_118076003

I don't disagree with that at all. I have a Tesla too mind. But for many people charging is not super important as they do 99% of their charging at home. They might want to save a few bob and buy an ID.3 instead.

MightyMunster · 26-10-2021 07:20PM

Is the ID3 not a similar price (as an SR+) when you add a few extras like heat pump ,lumbar support? Couldn't find leather seats as an option on any of them. I know that's with a bigger battery but it's also a smaller, slower, less efficient car.

And reminds me of a golf plus 😂

I drove a golf for 8yrs before moving to EVs so nothing personal against VW 😁

ted1 · 26-10-2021 08:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118076862#Comment_118076862

Main difference is Tesla dont do PCP in Ireland. So getting your bum into an equally priced one costs much more

cannco253 · 27-10-2021 12:35PM

https://electrek.co/2021/10/27/uber-drivers-access-50000-tesla-vehicles-rent-hertz/

"It sounds like Hertz plans to make half of its recently ordered Tesla fleet available to Uber drivers through this new partnership.

The program starts on November 1 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Washington, DC, with a nationwide expansion in the following weeks.

Uber drivers will pay $334 a week to rent the Model 3, insurance and maintenance included. Uber says that it will eventually fall to $299 a week, once the program expands."

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