Tesla Model Y

Tesla isn't a smart charger, but most of what a smart charger like zappi & wallbox do is monitor your export energy using a CT clamp and start charging if that's more than 1.3kW

If you have Homeassistant, or your solar & car is integrated with Google home, Smartthings or Alexa it should be fairly easy to create a routine that will tell the car to charge if a) it's plugged in and b) you're exporting more than 1.3kW.

Ditto for being tariff aware - "if later than 11 and earlier than 8 and car plugged in, charge"

The Zappi ecosystem is nice enough with app, solar hot water & radiator diverter, charger all in 1 app.

5a is the min.

Just set the charge timer on the car. Most, if not all EVs have this function. I set mine to charge after midnight. This can be overridden with the push of a button in the car, or on the car APP. I can set timers on my charger, but I just use the charger as a dumb charger with fancy lights 😋

When I get PV, I will look to use the chargers smarter functions.

For Tesla trade in you must have an NCT I think it must also have at least a month left on it at time of trade, if you ring the NCT rather than go online you will likely get a much sooner appointment I got one recently within 2 weeks for the MIL

FWIW, I was trying to book an NCT for Limerick on Tuesday next available date was Mar 28th. I kept hitting back on the back and got one last night for 7.40pm. Looks like they update or add cancellations. Might be worth a try if you are stuck.

If only blue with white interior came in under 60k. White interior + non wood dash cover looks very nice in the vid below. Paint concerns probably apply equally to blue as to white, but maybe the chip would show up less on non-white.

(Only need to watch the first few minutes until the shilling starts)

That's an Aussie (MIC) car. 3 months old.

How are trade-in prices at Tesla I wonder? (looking to upgrade from a 2020 e-Niro - deciding between a Model Y / EV6 / Ioniq5)

Is it much better to sell privately 1st? Thank you.

Don’t waste your time submitting the details unless you’re trading a used Tesla. They’ll make you a low ball offer of €3k-€5k less than it’s worth and hope you’ll go to the hassle of selling it on Donedeal.

That's not really what happens. Tesla couldn't care about your car, they don't assess it at all. They don't want to know, they don't want to even see it. No Tesla employee will ever touch or see your car. They just ring 3 traders and give the customer the best price these traders come up with. If you go ahead, trader pays Tesla and comes to take the car away, Tesla deducts the money from the bill.

It seems this is very different from how other dealers do business, but it isn't really. There's just no smoke and mirrors like in normal dealers who do the big spiel of the negotiation themselves, but then also offload your car to the trade, unless it is their own brand and max a few years old (so they can retail it)

It’s very different as the offers made by Tesla are typically way under normal trade values. The traders Tesla use in Dublin are making great money off the backs of anyone that uses Tesla to trade in a non Tesla. If they really want to grow their market share, they’ll need to consider partnering with some other trade outlet or car supermarket to get potential customers a fair “cost to change value”.