With just a couple of weeks until the final unveiling of the Tesla Model 3, i am biting my nails with antecipation, maybe like thousands of reservation holders, so to kill the time, i decided to compare it with the available crop of BEVs in Portugal and see how it stands in the main topics:
Range
Tesla Model 3 - 5 (Largest real world range and an extra point for the Supercharging ability)
BMW i3 - 2
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 2
Nissan Leaf - 1
Renault Zoe - 3
Volkswagen e-Golf - 2
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 4
Space
Tesla Model 3 - 4 (Around 50 liters more (420 l) in the trunk, plus more space in width)
BMW i3 - 1
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 3
Nissan Leaf - 3
Renault Zoe - 2
Volkswagen e-Golf - 3
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 3
Reliability / Running costs
Tesla Model 3 - 3
BMW i3 - 3
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 5 (Highest fuel efficiency, 5 year warranty, reliable LG battery)
Nissan Leaf - 3
Renault Zoe - 4
Volkswagen e-Golf - 3
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 3
Power / Dynamics
Tesla Model 3 - 5 (Waaay more power i will ever need, expectable leading dynamics)
BMW i3 - 4
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 3
Nissan Leaf - 2
Renault Zoe - 1
Volkswagen e-Golf - 3
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 4
Price
Tesla Model 3 - 1
BMW i3 - 1
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 2
Nissan Leaf - 5 (At 27.000 eur, it is 15.000 eur cheaper than the BMW i3...)
Renault Zoe - 3
Volkswagen e-Golf - 2
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 2
Total
Tesla Model 3 - 18 (The best model. But with an estimated price of 42.000 eur, it is very expensive...)
BMW i3 - 11 (A small car that shines on the Dynamics part, but sucks at the rest)
Hyundai Ioniq Electric - 15 (A balanced car that shines on the running costs, but in need of a larger battery)
Nissan Leaf - 14 (Unbeatable price, but the world has moved on when it comes to range and dynamics...)
Renault Zoe - 13 (A small car playing in the big boys league that needs a more powerful engine to play head to head with them)
Volkswagen e-Golf - 13 (Typical VW Golf personality traits: Not bad at anything, not especially good in any item and slightly overpriced)
Opel Ampera-e (Chevy Bolt) - 16 (Good power and range, but at an estimated 39k eur, it needs a lower price to be a class leader)
A personel question: Do you hold a Model 3 reservation? (like most of your readers ;) )
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteBut i'm still not sure if will keep it until the end, there's a lot to know, final specs, final price (See comment below, 42k before incentives is the maximum i'm willing to give) and what the competition will have by then.
For now, as this post demonstrates, there's nothing close to what the Model 3 offers, of the current crop, only the Hyundai can get close, but for that it needs a larger battery (50 kWh) and a small price cut.
People from Zeev in Portugal told me that the price of the model 3 will be closer to 48-50k€... :(
ReplyDeleteThat price is including their sales comission...
Delete:D
Anyway, 42k is my limit, if it ends up costing much more than that, i will just buy the Hyundai or the new Leaf.
DeleteWell,as far as I understood,will be the price you will pay to Tesla and In Portugal will be them making the deliveries (even after tesla opens they're shop in Lisbon).
ReplyDeleteIf that is indeed true, then Nissan/Hyundai have a customer here waiting for them.
Delete48k is way more than my budget.
I'm not in the market for a TM3, but I hope the European commission will be able to pass soon the 10% limit of VAT for EV for all countries of EU, that they are debating about. This should save good money when we think about our 23% of VAT. I'm hoping it will be in place for my future Model Y.
ReplyDeleteHow would including the Chevy Bolt (Opel Ampera-E in Europe) stack up against these? Better range, lower price than the Tesla, though I expect performance and space are probably worse. Still, some very stiff competition!
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right, i should have included it, i haven't because it is expected to arrive here in "H2 2018" :o
DeleteThe Model might even land here faster than the Ampera-e! :D
I will include it here now.