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The 5k is done by the dealer before you get the car but it's being reduced to 3.5k (I think) at some point in the near future. I reckon if you make your order official before the deadline you'll be OK.EV charger grant - https://www.seai.ie/grants/electric-vehicle-grants/electric-vehicle-home-charger-grant/You did check your house wiring is OK first, didn't you?
Okay, so I've gotten grant amount of 7k towards a less than 3 year old EV(not PHEV). But this is for changing from diesel to electric. I'm importing from Northern Ireland, so no VAT needs to be paid, only VRT. I thought there was VRT relief for PSV drivers.
Silicon Valley’s foundational ethos is to “move fast and break things.” When Facebook first made that their motto, Mark Zuckerberg meant to capture his company’s, and Silicon Valley’s ethos of radical innovation — that if you weren’t moving fast enough to break things, you’d be left behind. But we’ve come to understand that for too many Silicon Valley firms, moving fast means breaking things at other people’s expense. And permission is not necessary.
Tesla Inc. will need to fix almost every car it’s ever sold in China due to an issue with the vehicles’ acceleration systems. Some 1.1 million electric cars that Tesla made at its Shanghai factory or imported into China between January 2019 and April this year will need to be sent an over-the-air software fix to rectify the issue, according to a statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation on Friday.
Tesla announced that it won’t be producing Model S and Model X vehicles in right-hand-drive configuration any longer. Many Tesla Model S and Model X buyers in right-hand-drive markets woke up to a bad surprise today. Tesla told them that they either canceled their orders or have to switch it to a left-hand-drive version.Some of them had been waiting for years since the design refresh in 2021 for their cars, but Tesla has decided to cancel the production of Model S and Model X vehicles in right-hand-drive. We recently reported on how Tesla inexplicably stopped taking orders for Model S and Model X in several right-hand-drive markets, like Australia, Singapore, and Thailand.Now Tesla has informed buyers in those markets that their orders have been canceled. The company wrote in an email: Due to recent changes to the vehicle program, Model X will not be available in Right Hand Drive. Unfortunately this means your order is unable to be fulfilled and will be cancelled. You will receive a full refund for any payments made. We understand that this may be disappointing news to receive and want to apologise for any inconvenience caused.In some markets, like in the UK, Tesla is still selling Model S and Model X vehicles, but it is not accepting new orders and instead, the company is making left-hand-drive units available as new inventory vehicles.The automaker wrote on its website: Available in the United Kingdom as Left-Hand Drive. Take delivery by June 30th, 2023, to receive 3 years of free Supercharging.
