Nina's Blog - Thursday 12th June 2025

Thursday 12th June 2025, 10:10

Sitting in the Tesla showroom in Katesgrove having a cup of tea while my car charges. It's very quiet, Elon Musk has done immense damage to the brand. Selfishly, I hope it survives because I have free charging for the life of the car.

Next stop, Bicester.

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turbineman40 · 80-89, M

Free charging for the life of the car is an amazing experience. It's like free gasoline for life of a regular car

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@turbineman40 Yes, it was one of the reasons for buying it. A European petrol car of this weight and power probably uses at least a litre for ten kilometres. I've driven it over 150 thousand kilometres so the equivalent of at least 15 thousand litres. At current prices that's about 20 kGBP, getting on for half what I paid for the car.

But of course the actual saving should be expressed in electrical terms. The car gets about four kilometres per kWh and Tesla charges 0.64 GBP/kWh at the charger I'm at now. That works out to 24 kGBP but of course most people charge at home most of the time which cuts it in half. Still free charging is worth a quarter of what I paid.

:-)