Tesla have released a limited number of Model S inventory vehicles
Eg QLD Pricing:
Model S 75D in pearl white $106,307 Drive Away
The same car (now called the Model S Standard Range) with the same specs comes to $134,677
This represents a 21% or $28,370 saving!
I can’t remember how much the 75D was prior to the price drop in March this year but the prices are definitely heading in the right direction!
Referee gets $1400 off Model Y & 3 purchase.
Referrer gets $700 credit toward Supercharging, software upgrades, merchandise, service payments or a new vehicle. Limit of 10 referral benefits per calendar year.
Yeah but no stock around me. Signed up to shipster for free postage for purchases over $25.
Bill shorten reckons you can charge it in 10 minutes. Thats pretty good.
He's not far off. Supercharger V3 adds 200km in 15 minutes.
This car isn’t compatible with V3 speeds. The new model is.
By the time electric cars take off here it will be long supported.
Can’t help but think about those poor battery cells at 250KW, I don’t even like fast charging my phone!
@Danthemanz: This car isn’t supported. The new model S update is supported, upto 200kw, but that’s not on sale.
I think he is Shortening the facts.
He needs to shorten his tailoring too. Man boobs are not a good look.
Looking the price i feel this post does not belong to ozbargain community in general.Those people who have such sum of money may not be looking at the ozbargain deals.This is a deal post anyway for someone.
Definition of a 'bargain' - a thing bought or offered for sale much more cheaply than is usual or expected.
No, Ozbargain members come from all walks of life. Some are here as a necessity, some are uni students living hand to mouth, some are from households making mad money but love buying things on deals.
So while this isn't for you, it definitely has a target market.
Personally, I'd like to see what the Germans do with their EVs.
I can't afford this "bargain".
Yeah it's a bargain in the same way a GTX 2080 GPU for $800 is a bargain: only if compared to the regular price or other expensive alternatives, not a good idea for the average OzBargainer.
So when they're charged at home overnight where does the power come from again?
From your batteries that were charged from your solar during the day. Keep up.
Haha !!
companies offer Green energy Electric car charging nowadays in the employee parking lot, they use it to carbon offset.
Even if does use part coal powered electricity, it is better to start moving towards a greener future rather than using that as an excuse to stay with ICE whose fuel reserve is limited ( lithium is too, but there will be changes to it once the market gets traction )
@otter-raptor: Companies virtue signalling to hold brainwashed customers. The whole idea makes no sense. Not to mention the extra weight and toxic waste from a 75kwh battery.
@trevor99: I'm happy to hear an alternative, no other avenue is really plausible at this stage.
Production of hydrogen is very polluting, also it will need massive investment to distribute it. Whereas electric we have the grid, just need to ensure it is getting greener progressively.
@trevor99: "extra weight and toxic waste from a 75kwh battery."
Do these factors make EVs worse than internal combustion vehicles when it comes to environmental impact?
Are there alternative options to simply dumping them in the ground once they have degraded to the point where they are no longer suitable for use in vehicles?
@otter-raptor: ^This!
I can proudly say that my workplace just installed 100's of solar panels on top of our carpark to charge electric cars in the future!
Assuming this day is during Summer? 2-3 bedroom home? AC? That requires two Tesla powerwalls. 23K. No Solar panels? 7-10K. At that kind of money, a BMW i8 is the better option. Virtual instrument display > 15" iPad on the dash.
You realise this car has a 17 inch vertical screen and a virtual dash as well? It’s also way faster than an i8, seats 5, is better for the environment and amazingly has more range, because the i8 only has a tiny fuel tank for its motorbike motor. The i8 is a failure of a car. Oh and an i8 costs 3 times what this particular car does and double the normal retail price.
Have you see the resell value of the BMW i8!
The resell value gives a clear picture that it is a terrible car.
I live in SA. According to NEM, last night around 80% of the state's power was provided by wind.
I remember when your grid went out a few years ago and you had to import victoria's coal power.
Home solar battery?
Oh wow, I’ve never thought of that – if everything can’t be perfect there’s no point doing anything.
even if its coal fired power station currently, thats still more efficient in a power/unit of pollution(co2 etc) than a petrol powered ICE
move to 'green' energy, or solar or (heaven forbid in the future) nuclear and the sums work out even more favorably
Don't take my word for it. Try Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace.
https://twitter.com/EcoSenseNow/status/1122636758150189056
Early member maybe, but pretty sure Patrick Moore is now a dirty energy corporate shill but carry on trying to justify your inaction.
Interesting how some people react to inconvenient facts with wild accusations.
@chymb: Better give the bad news to him and his 74000 followers that he's fake.
https://twitter.com/EcoSenseNow
@trevor99: Well for one, he didn't write the report. It's from the Manhattan Institute. The report itself all makes sense, but it's all based on the technology that is available today, not what will be around in years let alone decades from now.
Considering that the EV 'revolution' will come about as a slow slow wave over the next few decades, there is nothing to suggest that the infrastructure won't be able to progressively scale to meet that demand. We won't be plunged into darkness one evening all of a sudden because a million cars all decided to plug in for the first time. It will be a progressive change that will have its challenges (economic, engineering or otherwise) as all change does, but it's a change that is inevitable.
Now, there are two clear camps, one with early adopters, those welcoming of change, and another that is far less enthused (in dramatic fashion). I'd guess that none of us were around when people jumped off their horses, and into cars, but I imagine this change will be far less dramatic than that, and the world seems to have survived that one :P
Power plant is still more efficient than a petrol engine…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec…
Thanks had a quick look and have issues with that article. Let's just leave it as it's Ozbargain :)
trevor, the answer to your question is "coal".
damn I guess Elon Musk didnt think of that and the consequences
He's a clever marketer.
Perfect first car for my 16yo daughter. She's worried about paying for fuel with the few hours she gets at Woolies each week. This will be perfect.
Just start saving. Her budget is $6K so might take her while :)
Not to mention she'll have something to show off at her next truancy climate action rally…
If these become the 'norm' in the next few years, it will just show how much we live beyond our 'needs'
Internet, mobile, cable television, luxury brands, luxury cars, travel, formal lounges that are never used, etc.
Can anyone clarify if this person is one of those internet trolls I keep hearing about?
I don’t think so. Do you really think we can keep accumulating shit forever?
Sell your previous car. If you sell what you had before as opposed to throwing it into landfill, there's no accumulation.
Petition to go back to Stone tools
And straw men
This is a demo car but it’s an amazing deal. No autopilot, so about $120k in Vic with autopilot. This car was $150k 3 months ago.
It says they have Autopilot Hardware
They do - it's literally just a firmware change.
Yeah hardware is not software. All Tesla have autopilot hardware, but the software activation is about $10k.
FWIW - I confirmed earlier this week with a sales rep that the autopilot software is included for their inventory on hand now
@vvti85: That’s a super bargain then, but I’d be hesitant about that info. It’s not listed on their site as having AP
Will Captain Jack S be able to find a way to put in that software on his own?
Tesla's becoming like LG OLED TV's - soon almost everyone will have 1
That is their plan
What about Teslas fitted with LG OLED Screens :|
But yeah, nah I like a car I can service out of warranty.
Also I don't have to vote labour when I buy it.
You wouldn’t want a Tesla screen with vertical banding LG OLED screens are so notorious for.
Watch out for exploding Tesla… (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/22/tesla-inv…)
Another Samsung Note 7 saga but just different manufacturer…
Nothing matters to the twitter-minded people.
Posting a $100 - $130k+ car on Ozbargain?
People post $1000 gaming GPUs, so…
Is this a high yield investment?
More like a dragging a boulder of debt around for decades.
Bought 10.
Now the cops are knocking on my door and I'm on a terror watchlist.
I was hoping they weren't limited to only 5 per customer
The purist in me says no deal. Wouldn't buy this even if it was $15k. No manual transmission, no deal. Unfortunately 99% of the population would beg to differ.
Tesla doesn't have manual transmission option because it has no transmission system at all. It's single gear from start to max speed.
I know that. just saying that it has no manual transmission. Not that it CAN have one but because it just doesn't make sense due to it being electric.
Weird, but fair enough, I guess.
Some people refused to drive in cars when they were first introduced because they didn't eat hay and shit everywhere.
No reason an electric drive can't be geared. Wouldn't be great for reliability given DOL. But no reason you couldn't.
Even CVTs can fake a manual transmission by presetting the gear ratios.
Does this thing drive like a CVT?
I’m assuming the 90 in your user name is your age?
Wouldnt buy it even if it was $15K? that's like not buying the latest flagship phone for $100 because it doesn't have the old buttons to dial. :)
‘Purist’ LoL :P. Make sure you don’t use the aircon or buckle that seatbelt next time you drive. Would be weird with no engine sound, though.
Do they introduce fake engine sounds for when you're in the car park so those stupid kids walking with their eyes planted on their phone don't get run over by you?
lol, could be an extra. Though most of those new fancy cars have collision detection so they should be ok.
Any deals for model X?
none. They don't have any inventory of the X in Australia
There was, they sold out. $106k + onroads.
What is with all these people that cannot afford it dissing the deal. It is a deal just not for you so move along.
Tesla car is hot (yes) and sexy (not sure):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/elon-musk-promises-ro…
I got downvotes for posting similar news. SO many haters in Ozb… watch out…
S3XY is for sure
Why do people feel personally attacked by an electric car lol?
Because bogans
It's curious. A friend buys a BMW/Mercedes/etc for $100k and everyone fawns all over it. No one says 'pfft, what a waste of money. A $50k Mazda does exactly the same thing'
The same friend buys a $100k electric car and the comments flow forth: how much CO2 was emitted to make that? How much CO2 will it take to charge? You'll never recover the price premium by saving on fuel, etc.
Also, a very vitriolic and vocal minority suffer from the tall poppy syndrome.
Change is hard for some people. Really hard
Especially when those people are Neo-Luddites.
Can it self drive?
FSD - full self driving is a feature expected to come late 2019. take that with a grain of salt though
More like an iceberg of salt.
Legislation needs to be finalised for self driving first.
If you pay for autopilot it will drive itself for hundreds of kms on freeways. If you pay for FSD they will change the autopilot computer and it will have some form of level 3 autonomy this year. Already well into testing, apparently working well.
Do they do C&C?