Chris drives a Tesla Model 3 Long Range 75kWh 2021 electric car.
This is Chris’s second electric car, he’s owned the Tesla Model 3 1-2 years and drives 15,000-20,000 miles annually. The current mileage of the car is between 10,000-20,000 miles and he achieves 270 miles range from a full charge.
Why did you choose the Tesla Model 3?
Lovely to drive.
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Positives – List 3 or more reasons why you love your Tesla Model 3
- Travel all over Europe in this car
- relaxing to drive
- great boot space.
Negatives – List 3 or more things that you really don’t like about this electric car
- Paint is not the best
- boot door a bit clunky
- some settings hard to find in the UI.
Have you experienced any faults with the car? If so, what have they been?
Sill paint needed to be resprayed.
What are the standout technological features of the car?
Autopilot really makes long distance driving much less tiring. Regen braking again makes driving simple and less stressful. Over the air updates improves the car every few months.
Surprise us! Tell us something people wouldn’t readily know about this electric car
Spotify & Netflix built in!
What electric car(s) are you interested in next and why?
A smaller car to replace our second Nissan LEAF.
Home charging unit – outline both positive & negative elements
myenergi zappi 1.0 – diverts solar, programmable & a great UI. Had problems with it working when the car controls the charging so best when you let the charger manage it.
Electricity supplier & tariff – outline both positive & negative elements
Intelligent Octopus – great night rate which means lowest possible cost to charge car and charge house battery overnight and when combined with solar brings the overall average rate much lower than the standard tariff. Probably need to be a bit geeky to get the most out of it!
What public charging networks would you recommend to others and why?
- InstaVolt – always working
- Gridserve forecourts – plenty of chargers in one location
- bp pulse – avoid, located in difficult to access locations with cost to park. Often broken or not accepting contactless and usually single unit sites where someone is blocking access or it’s in use.
Insurer – outline both positive & negative elements
Expensive!
Itemise how much money you’re saving monthly owning & running your Tesla Model 3
£200
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