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Author:  Sudbury [ Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Tesla
Is anyone operating a Tesla as a Taxi?

If so, how do the economics stack up?
Author:  Sussex [ Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Sudbury wrote:
Is anyone operating a Tesla as a Taxi?

If so, how do the economics stack up?

Gatwick Cabs have one.

Looks lovely, but not sure about the economics.

I would assume the other electric cars are the same economy wise, but a fraction of the costs.
Author:  Sudbury [ Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Thanks guys, but I am surprised. I figured someone on here would be running one.
There's a firm in Amsterdam just upgraded their existing fleet of Tesla's with 167 new ones!
I was looking at a used model which you can get low milers for around 50k. The finance repayments are similar to what we pay in fuel but i know it doesn't stop there.
Looking at servicing costs, proven reliability, not company claims and those nasty little hidden extra's you always seem to walk into.
Can anyone offer any insight into these areas?
Author:  grandad [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
We are waiting for the model 3 to be available over here and then we will seriously consider one.
Author:  edders23 [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Are they big enough ? be a tight squeeze with 4 passengers or have they enlarged them since I last looked at one (3 years ago)
Author:  Sussex [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Sudbury wrote:
Thanks guys, but I am surprised. I figured someone on here would be running one.
There's a firm in Amsterdam just upgraded their existing fleet of Tesla's with 167 new ones!

My mate has an electric car and he is absolutely delighted with it.

It's not a Tesla, as they are well out of his price range.
Author:  grandad [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
edders23 wrote:
Are they big enough ? be a tight squeeze with 4 passengers or have they enlarged them since I last looked at one (3 years ago)

Which model did you look at?
Author:  bloodnock [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Leccy cars might pay in the city but wouud be unprofitable out here in the sticks due to the distance between the somewhere and nowhere runs we do.
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
bloodnock wrote:
Leccy cars might pay in the city but wouud be unprofitable out here in the sticks due to the distance between the somewhere and nowhere runs we do.


precisely could a Tesla get from melton to Heathrow and back ?
Author:  grandad [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
edders23 wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Leccy cars might pay in the city but wouud be unprofitable out here in the sticks due to the distance between the somewhere and nowhere runs we do.


precisely could a Tesla get from melton to Heathrow and back ?

The current ones are supposed to have a range of about 300 miles so yes. Although I would not do heathrow and back without a break so presumably I could top up the leccy somewhere.
Author:  Nidge2 [ Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
The time I had a drive in a Tesla, "OMFG," fast wasn't the word.

Shame about them using Cobalt for their lithium batteries. It's mined by children in Africa and paid as little as £1 a week.
Author:  bloodnock [ Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesla
Nidge2 wrote:
The time I had a drive in a Tesla, "OMFG," fast wasn't the word.

Shame about them using Cobalt for their lithium batteries. It's mined by children in Africa and paid as little as £1 a week.



Fair enough I guess as they won't have any need to save the money they make as they'll never live to adulthood due to Lung complaints brought about through Cobalt Mining.. #-o
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