Readonee35L:
Forget about the charging buy how far will a full charge go 300 miles ,400?
Also durability of the battery

shocker007:


215miles or 346km on full charge.

Enough to Take you from Lagos to Ibadan.

With super charge, you charge to full within one Hour.


Battery warranty is 8years.

Tesla uses Cell Batteries like that on Laptop devices in multiple to create their batteries. So u r assured of long years of durability.

shocker007:


215miles or 346km on full charge.

Enough to Take you from Lagos to Ibadan.

With super charge, you charge to full within one Hour.


Battery warranty is 8years.



Tesla uses Cell Batteries like that on Laptop devices in multiple to create their batteries. So u r assured of long years of durability.

crackhouse:
this car is dead on arrival

d33types:
Teslas aren't for Nigerians or even non Americans okay? It's not a matter of optimism..

They sell directly, not though dealers, meaning they do the servicing themselves, exclusively..charging stations cannot work in Nigeria pending our power problems.

When they do a major work on your car that will be time exhaustive,, they give you another one for the meantime..that cannot happen in Nigeria anytime soon.. It can work in country with social security and comprehensive mortgage options.

You will not want to drive another car after one,I confidently tell you

0rex:
The manufacturers should integrate a high efficiency solar charging system to the car na. At least no worries about battery charging wherever you go for a place like my country.

Optimal locations: Roof and bonnet.

shocker007:


Check out Tesla PowerWall, You'll be glad what this guys can do.
https://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall

They've got 10years warranty on that battery and it's only on sale for $3000

They got you covered already.

0rex:

I have checked the link. I don't see where any model vehicle is equipped with direct solar charging.

shocker007:


According to my attached image in my comment above.
Its not an on the move charging as you can see from the link. But I was only trying to let you know they have efficient system when it comes to solar charging for your car at home.
Let's wait and see the next Model launch.
Am sure one of the models will come with an on the move solar charging soon.

But till then, PowerWall is a great one at that price.
All you need to add are Solar Panels and an Inverter. After which u r good to go.

BTW, You can place order to Nigerian directly for the PowerWall

shocker007:


You are wrong!

Do you even know that Elon Musk was born in South Africa?
Incase you don't, now you know.
This really has Made Sillicon Valley not totally glad on his achievements. (That's a talk of another day)

But said that just to clear ur thinking of the car not been for non-American.
There is nothing like that!

As a Nigerian, you can always place your order directly by mailing them or via your US address with any freight company.

As I have said in my post, charging can be done with Solar.

I have been using Solar in personal apartment for over a year now and I don't care about PHCN power, so charging my Tesla car when it arrives isn't gonna be a problem.
(So far Naira will still be freindly by the time I make the $34,000 completing payment in 2017.)


So my friend, don't get confused about what you read somewhere, I have facts and proof of solar efficiency.

Fashola said one thing.
There is no magic in electricity.
The power u call government power are just sets of big generators.
Some powered by Hydro, Water e.t.c

Instead of waiting for their generator, you can always generate yours with no problem.

d33types:

So you think it makes sense to buy a car that have trained engineers resident in the US only?besides if our own treasured gazzuzz goes to tesla corp and trains to come back to naija as a specialist,how many customers will he get in 2017? 5..

Common sense tells you to NOT to import a car that will need regular servicing which you mustn't default on for 1 day because no trained engineer here.
Common sense tells you that a car that has autopilot embedded within US maps and for U.S. Roads SHOULDN'T be used in Nigeria even if it CAN.
Common sense tells you a car that receives regular software updates for specific regions of the US shouldn't be used in Nigeria.the car can be programmed not to drive beyond a particular city..abi you want to help them build Nigerian maps with complete navigation option or you will use the car without the function? Use your hippocampus sir.

Solar charging for a Tesla? You may be joking sha..Oga, the charging panel alone will buy a Camry tiny light..it can be programmed to charge at off peak hours when electricity is cheap.and you will get a converter from 110v to 220v input abi.for a charger of about 1.2 million naira just because you want to use a Tesla...
I am not being pessimistic,, just using common sense.

mind you I have ridden in a model s's boot..don't ask me why the boot.

KingRex1:
This aint feasible in naija for now..

OP is there no form of alternator which may reconvert the engine's mech power to electricity, hence charge the battery.

shocker007:


First I must say you almost sound like Ben Bruce with the way you highlighted those Common Sense posts.

But I will give you answers and some things you might be missing.
Lets get something clear that this car isn't for the poor or some average tokunbo/Innoson car buyer.

That been said, i want you to know not all feature of the car is expected to be used when its in Nigeria.
But Parking sensor, Auto stop to avoid car crash, 0-65mph in <5secs, Speed monitoring, Auto-shade in Sunny hour, Front and Back Motor control and many more features will work flawlessly in Nigeria without the need of a map or navigation system.
Aside the auto pilot and navigation system that can't fully work in Nigeria (at the moment), what else can't work?

Also know that when it comes to solar system acquisition to power the PowerWall for car charging, anyone rich enough to acquire the 6.9m car should be able to spare some thousands of naira on panels.
The PowerWall is 6.4kw.
1000w = 1kw, Meaning 6.4kw is 6400w
230w panel costs <30k in Lagos

6400w/230w =28, Meaning 28 panel will dish out 6.4kw in an hour. (Though not feasible cos of short circuits)
Let's say we add 10 extra panels to make it 38 cos of short circuits.
38 of 230w panels x 30k each = 1.1m

Solar panels are getting cheaper and more higher power panels are been developed.
Who knows, before late 2017, we would have higher power panels that are less bulky.
And about 110-220voltage, if you are a Tesla fan, you should know its given the rating of 110-220v cos it doesn't ship to US alone. A model was still delivered to China last week. So the voltage thing is out of it.

For Engineers, Expect sharp Nigerians to always tap into any high pay emerging market.
I don't expect much of a fix though. Except you expecting the motors to have issue like normal fuel cars. Sir this is an electric car that uses some high grade motors. Our home fan don't get to have issue for years.
How many Model S takes their car for check up often as at now.

BTW, I Would have loved to ask why on the below statement , but will leave that for another day.



But sir I think you need to try the front seat
No offence though, Once again I won't be asking you why.

shocker007:


First I must say you almost sound like Ben Bruce with the way you highlighted those Common Sense posts.

But I will give you answers and some things you might be missing.
Lets get something clear that this car isn't for the poor or some average tokunbo/Innoson car buyer.

That been said, i want you to know not all feature of the car is expected to be used when its in Nigeria.
But Parking sensor, Auto stop to avoid car crash, 0-65mph in <5secs, Speed monitoring, Auto-shade in Sunny hour, Front and Back Motor control and many more features will work flawlessly in Nigeria without the need of a map or navigation system.
Aside the auto pilot and navigation system that can't fully work in Nigeria (at the moment), what else can't work?

Also know that when it comes to solar system acquisition to power the PowerWall for car charging, anyone rich enough to acquire the 6.9m car should be able to spare some thousands of naira on panels.
The PowerWall is 6.4kw.
1000w = 1kw, Meaning 6.4kw is 6400w
230w panel costs <30k in Lagos

6400w/230w =28, Meaning 28 panel will dish out 6.4kw in an hour. (Though not feasible cos of short circuits)
Let's say we add 10 extra panels to make it 38 cos of short circuits.
38 of 230w panels x 30k each = 1.1m

Solar panels are getting cheaper and more higher power panels are been developed.
Who knows, before late 2017, we would have higher power panels that are less bulky.
And about 110-220voltage, if you are a Tesla fan, you should know its given the rating of 110-220v cos it doesn't ship to US alone. A model was still delivered to China last week. So the voltage thing is out of it.

For Engineers, Expect sharp Nigerians to always tap into any high pay emerging market.
I don't expect much of a fix though. Except you expecting the motors to have issue like normal fuel cars. Sir this is an electric car that uses some high grade motors. Our home fan don't get to have issue for years.
How many Model S takes their car for check up often as at now.

BTW, I Would have loved to ask why on the below statement , but will leave that for another day.



But sir I think you need to try the front seat
No offence though, Once again I won't be asking you why.

d33types:

As for the power,your analogy is akin to connecting a ring boiler to a solar panel..if you an an engineer you should be thinking of efficiency......or are you solar panel marketer/installer? I will understand.

shocker007:


Well if you check my first post, you will see i made mention of using solar for over a year.
I was able to post that the charging is feasible in Nigeria because I know what a solar system can do, plus you need to check out the PowerWall if you haven't.
https://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall

d33types:


Its you that didn't read the website..iit's a fallback solution,an emergency plan and not something to be used like the primary charging plan

daveemuobo:

Your tesla will be grounded in Nigeria. its not about the power and charging alone.I have hired one for 2months trust me.

princemillla:
In as much as this car doesn't come with on board charging solar panel. I doubt if it will survive in Nigeria. With our crazy traffic here?


Someone was considering the distance this car can move from lagos to ibadan, the time you will spend within lagos traffic is far more than what you will spend from lagos to ogbomoso.

On board charging is the best solutions then I will agree with the guy who is talking about this car being made for both living in USA and outside usa