I recently had an opportunity to drive a Tesla Model 3 Long Range for 10 days when I visited family and friend in Vancouver, Canada. I’ve “rented” the Tesla from carsharing company called “Turo“. They have many Tesla listed in the Vancouver Metro area and I’ve found a great host. My experience on the Turo platform was perfect. I have no issues whatsoever. My tip is to rent from a person that actually owns the car rather than a company that owns a fleet. It might give you a more personalized experience. How big is Vancouver compared to Hong Kong? Vancouver in some ways is very similar to Hong Kong.…

If you have no intention to read further, the short answer is HKD$14,468.30 (USD$1,843.12) after 2 years (26months) with 53,960KM driven which equates to HKD$0.27/KM (USD$0.034/KM). The total kWH charged is 12,600kWH which equates to 0.23 kWH/KM. If you are interested to know my charging habits and why it costs almost HKD$15,000 to charge my Tesla Model 3 Performance in the past 2 years, please, I invite you to read further below. Charging Costs in Hong Kong I always had this question but never got the chance to actually calculate exactly how much I’ve spent on charging my Tesla Model 3 for the past 2 years. I had my car…

Looking back at my 10,000KM review and 1 year review, I still stand by what I’ve said about the car. The positives and the negatives are still the same after 50,000KM driven in 2 years. If you’ve read my previous posts, the below will sound repetitive but it is just to show how I am still thinking about the car after 2 years. Some of the positives and negatives are not only for Tesla but for Electric Vehicles in general. This is not only my first Tesla but also my first fully Electric Vehicle so my experience is also in what driving an EV and especially in Hong Kong is…

When the Tesla Model S came out in Hong Kong many years ago, there were a lot of talk about how expensive the insurance was and how much it costs to repair the car even for minor bodyworks. The use of aluminum in the Model S means that most of the body cannot be fixed with traditional means like steel could but needs to be replaced panel by panel which increased the costs tremendously. Moreover, body parts were not only at a premium but it sometimes takes months on end for the body part to arrive from the United States. Fast forward to the Model 3, the Model 3 is…

Let’s take a look at some numbers for the 2021 Tesla and Electric Vehicles sales in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2021, there are a total of 656,973 registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. Of these 656,973 vehicles, 27,358 of them are Electric Vehicles. This accounts for 4% of total registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. Compared to 2020, the total number of first registered vehicles in 2021 increased by 5.6% and Electric Vehicles increased by 41%. The 2020 Report can be found here. In 2021 alone, there were 39,309 first registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. Of these 39,309 vehicles, 9,582 of them are Electric Vehicles. This accounts…

I placed my order online on January 2020 and thought I would get the car within 3-6 months but due to COVID, I took delivery of the car on September 2020. I think there were 800+ Tesla delivered to Hong Kong on that shipment alone. My batch was the 2nd of last Hong Kong deliveries that was built in Fremont, California. The subsequent Model 3s delivered to Hong Kong is built in Giga Shanghai. I heard friends driving the Model 3 had various issues within the first 12 months. Some had the door not being able to be opened from the inside and various noises from steering etc. For me,…

What is Tesla Supercharging? Tesla supercharging is a 480v DC direct current charging technology developed by Tesla. Currently, Tesla supercharging stations can only charge Tesla vehicles. How fast is Tesla Supercharging? There are currently 2 theoretical Tesla Supercharging speeds in Hong Kong: 120kW and 250kW. V3 supercharging stations were introduced in Hong Kong late in 2019 which gives in theory a maximum charging speed of 250kW. As of 2021, there are three V3 supercharging stations in Hong Kong each of them having three charging stalls. Why are they theoretical speeds? Electrical charging speeds is always theoretical where there are a number of variables that affects the charging speeds such as…

(The 2021 Tesla and Electric Vehicles sales number in Hong Kong is in a newer post here.) Let’s take a look at some numbers for the 2020 Tesla and Electric Vehicles sales in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, there are a total of 621,288 registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. Of these 621,288 vehicles, 17,998 of them are Electric Vehicles. This accounts for 3% of total registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. In 2020 alone, there are 37,279 first registered private vehicles in Hong Kong. Of these 37,279 vehicles, 3,477 of them are Electric Vehicles. This accounts for 12% of the total first registered private vehicles in…

I am running a survey on collecting data on global EV charging costs for your Tesla at your city/state/province/country. Thank you so much for those that have competed the survey already. I hope to publish something when I have enough data. I think it will be interesting to get a snapshot as to how much everyone is paying for charging. i.e. $/kWh The survey can be found in this link with SurveyMonkey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R79YL2J If you are not from Hong Kong, I will be grateful if you could fill out the form. It should take no more than a minute if you know how much you are paying for charging. Even…

If you haven’t done so, I do suggest you to read my previous blog post, How much does it costs to charge my Tesla in Hong Kong?, before reading this post as it should make more sense. 100% Savings. This is the short answer. As mentioned, public chargers in Hong Kong provided by two electric company in Hong Kong are free of charge until further notice. Of course, they are all located in shopping malls parking or public parking lots which all require an hourly fee. There are no free public parking in Hong Kong. However, there are some public housing parking that would give free parking to electric vehicles…