Tesla and QF partnership

[Mark3000]

Very exciting news

Tesla model S owners to get free Qantas club membership, and Tesla chargers to be installed in Qantas Valet.
Tesla And Qantas Raced A Jet Against A Model S | Gizmodo Australia

Was on Nine news tonight also

 

[Red Roo]

Here are the fast facts: Car vs Plane – fasten your seatbelts (batteries are included) - Qantas News Room

 

[njba]

A interesting move because Tesla S owners would likely have some sort of FF status anyway right?

 

[Mark3000]

A good point, most people spending $200 K on a car would likely spend enough on airfares to be gold.
It's good to have the chargers in the valet though

 

[Deewhy]

Model s starts at just over $100k doesn't it?

 

[macrop]

Here are the fast facts: Car vs Plane – fasten your seatbelts (batteries are included) - Qantas News Room

One of those bits is not fact sorry. "90 kilowatt battery". It's a 90 kilowatt hour battery actually.

 

[Mark3000]

Model s starts at just over $100k doesn't it?

Price depends on model

 

[love_the_life]

Hardly 'just over $100,000' then - cheapest is 30K+more.

 

[Limewood]

Spend $50K get free membership sounds like a good deal to me .

 

[cove]

Buy it in America? The price is a bit less?

 

[kallinch]

So is the Qantas Club membership Lifetime or just a year?

 

[Mark3000]

So is the Qantas Club membership Lifetime or just a year?

Good question, I'm wondering if it would be for the time you had the car, or maybe just the warranty period.
I've been wondering the same thing about the Lexus Qantas Valet partnership as my warranty has just run out and I haven't called them yet to see if I can still use it

 

[sudoer]

Buy it in America? The price is a bit less?

Not possible until 2018, and even then, it needs to be RHD from UK/Japan followed by other markets later.

 

[Red Roo]

Here are the fast facts: Car vs Plane – fasten your seatbelts (batteries are included) - Qantas News Room

And this is how it all happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A1F79ixRCs

 

[Radio8tiv]

So has anyone put a deposit down yet on the new model 3?
I might pay a visit to a dealership when I go to Sydney next

 

[cove]

They say they have 400,000 deposits on this new Tesla model so they could take quite a while to build.

 

[TheRealTMA]

They say they have 400,000 deposits on this new Tesla model so they could take quite a while to build.

Friend of mine in BNE took himself and family in a test drive of the current $250K version and immediately put down a deposit on the new model 3.

He's still telling stories of his children's hilarity when he floored it onto the freeway causing his wife's sunglasses to fall off the back of her head.

 

[cove]

I would guess that was the Tesla in "ludicrous mode".
We have a Tesla outlet just under 10 minutes away when we are in Los Angeles.

 

[russ]

So has anyone put a deposit down yet on the new model 3?
I might pay a visit to a dealership when I go to Sydney next

Yes, I reserved one on a whim. I was reading the news on the internet one morning in NZ and saw that it had been announced 5 or so hours prior in LA, so I figured I should order one to get in the queue.

 

[cove]

The model X is having issues where there has been a recall and now some door hinges seem to be faulty. I don't have one.