Orion03 Posted 14October, 2014 Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/first-looks/first-look-tesla-model-s-p85d-dual-motor Well that's a seriously quick electric car ! And the Auto drive stuff is cool. Let's discuss. Cool or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 14October, 2014 Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 $200k is a fair chunk of money, but awesome performance and range www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/models/design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 14October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 I like how there is no special Aussie tax with Tesla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 14October, 2014 Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 just the taxes we get lumped with it's $42k difference between AU and the US for the same car it's $3k difference between HK and the US for the same car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 14October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 The gov should remove luxury tax for electric cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 14October, 2014 Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 it's $42k difference between AU and the US for the same car That's actually not bad...normally cars here are twice the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 14October, 2014 Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 The gov should remove luxury tax Fixed. And import duty And parallel import restrictions And ADRs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 14October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 14October, 2014 Is it still true that the big 4WD's get less luxury tax? I am liking the prices of the Tesla S 60 and why is it so much cheaper in the ACT? Wonder how much they will be 2nd hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAFE Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 i was lucky enough to have an electric car on loan for 3 months as part of the Vic Govt trials. While the Nissan Leaf is an early version of this type of car and has an number of quirks.. there is an awful lot to like about EV's Not the least of which was I never visited a petrol station for 3 months.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 15October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 oh lucky you, I tried to get into that trial but didn't make it. I've driven a few electric cars and for inner city driving I think they will be great. e.g. my 15km 60kmh max trip to work via small streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAFE Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 it was a hoot, heaps of torque (relative of course) from the electric motor It will sip its wheels with 5 ppl on board... and the pull is linear all the way up past 140kph the range was the only real killer with the leaf real word its about 90-100kms but for most ppl that's the bulk of their driving But the Tesla is a different thing entirely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 I'm looking forward to electric cars becoming more popular. Worth watching 'who killed the electric car' and 'revenge of the electric car' I just wish Nissan would do a Leaf Nismo RC for the road with range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 Yeah I certainly would hit a Tesla if my pockets were that deep.. A plug in hybrid or full EV makes sense for me and my daily commute, I only drive 9 kms most business days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 3.6 to 100ks is seriously quick. Not so sure about the auto driving. Could be some interesting legal outcomes there. Teslas are everywhere in San Francisco. Common as muck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 15October, 2014 Report Share Posted 15October, 2014 ACT: registration Incentives for low emissions cars. Is it still true that the big 4WD's get less luxury tax? I am liking the prices of the Tesla S 60 and why is it so much cheaper in the ACT? Wonder how much they will be 2nd hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 21October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 21October, 2014 Just had a ride in a Tesla P85S and its incredibly quick accelerating. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 21October, 2014 Report Share Posted 21October, 2014 Whisper quiet cars just don't float my boat & where do the electrons come from anyway? Wind farms? (88% comes from fossil fuels in our country) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 22October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 22October, 2014 yeah but with electricity there's many ways of generating it and if you care enough you just have to tick the box in your electricity to get green energy. well that's how it's suppose to work anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 22October, 2014 Report Share Posted 22October, 2014 yeah but with electricity there's many ways of generating it and if you care enough you just have to tick the box in your electricity to get green energy. well that's how it's suppose to work anyway. Clean green power goes from Tas to mainland via Basslink. In return we get dirty brown power. So no leccy car for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 22October, 2014 Report Share Posted 22October, 2014 Fixed. And import duty And parallel import restrictions And ADRs +1 but you forgot stamp duty As a bare minimum the LCT should kick in at a more reasonable level than the joke that is $60k...what sort of "luxury" car do you get for $60k anyway?!?! And as we're soon not to have a car industry here we can do away with all the other protectionist duties too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 22October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 22October, 2014 Clean green power goes from Tas to mainland via Basslink. In return we get dirty brown power. So no leccy car for me. Do you mean that the hydro power from Tassie is sent to Victoria and you don't actually use it in Tassie? I am hoping that the Lockheed Martin Fusion reactor is more then just talk. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/next-generation/lockheed-martins-plan-to-make-fusion-a-reality-17337914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 22October, 2014 Report Share Posted 22October, 2014 +1 but you forgot stamp duty As a bare minimum the LCT should kick in at a more reasonable level than the joke that is $60k...what sort of "luxury" car do you get for $60k anyway?!?! And as we're soon not to have a car industry here we can do away with all the other protectionist duties too. Good point, a Toyota landcrsuier can hit $100k + without blinking an eye... hell the base model is like $85k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrest Posted 23October, 2014 Report Share Posted 23October, 2014 Just had a ride in a Tesla P85S and its incredibly quick accelerating. Amazing. I was in one a couple of days ago. Sure it's impressively fast and has all the bells and whistles but frankly it was as boring as bats#*t. For that sort of money I would want something like a C63 that lets you know it's a monster. So many gizmos, and that huge display screen that apparently runs all the time. I found it pretty annoying. Upholstery design is attractive and comfortable but somehow it is still like driving your laptop. I wonder how all those inner suburban greenies are going to plug it in while parked out front of their terrace houses. Can see a few problems there. I'm still old school. I prefer this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harold Posted 24October, 2014 Report Share Posted 24October, 2014 I was in the Marriott in Melbourne last week and when i arrived to check in i saw a Tesla parked out the front. It is only the second one i have ever seen. This one was a four door sedan and looked quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 4November, 2014 Report Share Posted 4November, 2014 Have been talking over the Model S with my old man lately after we saw one in HK, its a quite attractive looking car! Had a play with the configurator and the P85 with a couple of options comes in at $152k on the road NSW. does anyone have information with regards to the true cost per mile (km) for plug ins and EV's? I'm thinking of the A3 E-Tron myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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