The cost of charging a Tesla in the UK has been revealed after a driver shocks people by showing their first 12 month bill.
At the end of last year, there were over 1.3 million electric vehicles (EV) on the roads, as more and more Brits make the switch.
And Tesla was the top ranking EV brand in the UK with the majority of the market share.
While car purists are against the idea of driving something that sounds like a nose trimmer, it seems we’re all going to have to move over eventually.
Over in the US, one Tesla owner took to X to share their surprisingly low electricity bill, which could explain why so many are getting themselves an EV.
“First time I’ve had a bill within the last 12 months. This sucks,” user @Tesla_GTownTX wrote, alongside a screenshot of a $2.37 (£1.89) bill.
The EV owner said they managed to keep their bill low with the help of a Tesla Powerwall – costing between £5,000 to £10,000, which does sound a little counterproductive.
It’s basically a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that stores energy from solar or from the electricity grid.
“Powerwall gives you the ability to store energy for later use and works with solar to provide key energy security and financial benefits,” say Tesla.
“Each Powerwall system is equipped with energy monitoring, metering and smart controls for owner customisation using the Tesla app.”
Replying to the tweet, one person said: “How much did you pay for the solar panels and wall battery?”
While another added: “Post your statement for your power wall/solar panel payments.”
Vanarama, an AutoTrader company, have thankfully worked out how much it costs in the UK to charge a Tesla.
How much does it cost to charge a Tesla using a supercharger?
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Model 3 Standard Range: £32.16 Per Charge
60 (battery size in kWh) x 80% = 48 kWh
48 x 0.67 (cost in pence per kW) = £32.16
Model 3 Long Range & Performance: £44.22 Per Charge
82 x 80% = 66 kWh
66 x 0.67 = £44.22
Model Y Standard Range: £32.16 Per Charge
60 x 80% = 48 kWh
48 x 0.67 = £32.16
Model Y Long Range & Performance: £44.22 Per Charge
82 x 80% = 66 kWh
66 x 0.67 = £44.22
How much does it cost to charge a Tesla at home?
The cheapest way to charge your Tesla is by plugging your charger into a normal socket within and schedule it so the car charges between 12am and 5pm.
Energy providers like Octopus give very affordable rates at that time of night.
“£0.075 per kWh with octopus over night (or when they schedule smart charging based on when you tell them you want the car),” one person explained on Reddit.
“You can see supercharger rates on the app and they adjust according to time of day, it’s £0.36 now and was £0.45 at peak at my local.
“The Model 3 SR+ as an example has a 50kWh battery, so that’d be £3.75 for a full charge at home on the smart rate, but obviously you’d not be doing that in one go in practice.”
Model 3 Standard Range: £20.40 Per Home Charge
60 (battery size in kWh) x 0.34 (cost in pence per kW) = £20.40
Model 3 Long Range & Performance: £27.88 Per Home Charge
82 x 0.34 = £27.88
Model Y Standard Range: £20.40 Per Home Charge
60 x 0.34 = £20.40
Model Y Long Range & Performance: £27.88 Per Home Charge
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions in 2025 is to save money (without feeling completely miserable at home), then listen up.
Brits have spotted a hidden hack to claim up to £50* to splurge at some of the UK’s top bars and restaurants this January.
We’re talking some of London’s most coveted hotspots including: BAO, Speedboat Bar, and Daffodil Mulligan. And Northerners, you can bag a seat at some of Manchester’s most talked about eateries for less, with Medlock Canteen, Hakkapo, and KALA high on the list. For those based in Bristol or Bath, you finally book a table at the coveted Starlings or stylish wine bar Marmo. Lovely stuff.
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So, what do you need to do? From membership perks and points you can rack up to the Ts&Cs, find out everything you need to know below.
So, how can you claim your £50 now?
People are talking about the Yonder membership. Described as a ‘credit card for modern explorers’, a coveted membership will grant you access to serious points anywhere in the world – which can then be turned into cash for new experiences.
To beat the winter blues, Yonder is offering new customers the chance to bag one month free and 10,000 points (worth up to £50 to spend) this month only. You will earn five points for every £1 spent on the Yonder card – boosted to 25 points for every £1 if you shop with one of the brand’s partners.
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There are two memberships to choose from. If you don’t want to commit just yet, you can sign up for a free membership to see what all the fuss is about whilst a full membership comes in at £15 per month (£160 a year if paid annually).
Customers are raving about the membership scheme too with hundreds of five-star reviews online. “Recently redeemed points at a restaurant in Manchester that I would not have otherwise booked as it would be slightly out of my price range normally,” one review reads. “Thanks for the treat Yonder!”
Another happy customer said, “The experiences are awesome! It’s the best credit card.”
“The rewards are amazing,” a third added. “The value is unbelievable.”
Yonder
Where to sign up to start earning points (and saving money)
You can now claim the exciting offer on the Yonder website until the end of January. If you’re keen, you can sign up for a free membership here.
Suddenly, winter doesn’t feel so bad after all!
*T&C’s apply. A Yonder membership may affect your credit score. Your credit limit is determined based on (a) the Yonder membership you have chosen and (b) Yonder’s assessment of your financial circumstances. Yonder will continuously monitor your credit limit and can adjust it (up or down). If Yonder reduces your limit, they will give you 14 days’ notice, unless they don’t think it’s appropriate (for example, if your limit is reduced based on an assessment of risk or your ability to repay).
A Tesla driver has wanted to debunk the idea that electric cars need to stop for a whole hour to be charged up.
One day we might all be driving electric cars but for now there’s a bit of a squabble going on over whether they provide enough range or not.
There are more and more charging points popping up all over the place and how long you’ll need to plug your car in for depends on whether you’re just topping the thing up or going for a full recharge.
According to Tesla themselves you can get a charge that’ll give your car up to 200 miles of range from just 15 minutes of plugging in, and one driver wanted to put that to the test.
They took a trip from from Ohio to Florida and mapped out all the places they went to charge at along the way, totting up the total time they spent refilling their motor.
All in all he was stuck charging his car for a grand total of 126 minutes, or just over a couple of hours, and made a total of seven stops to replenish the juice in his battery.
Not everyone was convinced, as someone ‘playing devil’s advocate’ said the Tesla driver spent over two hours charging their car for a trip of over 1,000 miles.
They argued that there were hybrid cars which only really needed to stop every 500 miles, meaning that instead of seven stops they’d only have to pull over twice.
While that might be the case, the electric car driver argued back that when accounting for stops to get food or use the toilet it all worked out pretty similar in time ‘unless you have an iron bladder’.
There were other arguments over the number of stops the driver took as some thought stopping seven times in a journey of over 1,000 miles was a bit excessive.
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Meanwhile, others pointed out that plenty of motorists took a break to get out of the driver’s seat, stretch their legs, empty their bladder and potentially find something to eat more regularly.
As with any car you want to make sure it’s got enough fuel to get where it’s going, and if not, you’ll need enough to reach the next point where you can top things up.
Charging an electric car will take much longer from a home outlet instead of one of the ‘superchargers’, as Tesla reckon you’ll get about 44 miles of range per hour of charge from a wall connector.
That’s going to cost you a bit of money on the leccy bill, and if you want to drive that cost down then you’ll need to spend thousands on a ‘powerwall’ battery which uses solar panels and sticks the excess charge into filling up your car.
One motorist has revealed the simple hack he used to get out of a £450 airport parking ticket after making a costly mistake before his holiday.
The jetsetter parked up their car at London Stansted Airport only to realise too late that he’d left the motor in the wrong car park.
Flying off on holiday for nine days, the traveller only realised the car was in the wrong location part way through the trip. And with him hundreds of miles overseas, there was very little he could do to fix the error.
London Stansted Airport is where it took place (Getty Stock Images)
Initially thinking he had paid £95 for the nine days, it quickly dawned on him that he’d be left paying that initial £95 as well as a premium ‘on the door’ rate for the other car park.
Arriving back in the capital, he revealed he had racked up a staggering bill across the nine days. An extra £450 to pay, in fact. Eeesh.
But a bit of quick thinking from the driver saw the fee waived.
Taking to Reddit to explain what happened he posted in the BritishSuccess subreddit.
Parking at an airport can be costly (Getty Stock Images)
“Recently returned from a nine day holiday. I’d booked parking in advance as usual, and thought I’d selected the mid-stay car park, as I have done all my previous trips. Cost of around £95,” he said under his @Angry_Cornflake account.
“Realised around half way through the holiday I’d actually booked in the long stay for some reason. So now I’m convinced I’ve just shelled out £95 for a space I’m not using, and will be charged ‘on the door’ rates for the mid-stay when I get back.
“Leaving mid-stay I get to the barrier… £450! F**k me! But I pressed the ‘call for assistance’ button and just told the guy I had booked ahead and wasn’t sure what the charge was for.
“He took my name and vehicle registration and then by some divine miracle – or perhaps the guy was feeling sorry for me, or had had a long day – he just says ‘sorry about that sir, the barrier should be open now’.
“You better believe I floored it out of there before he changed his mind. Lesson learned, double and triple check which car park you booked before you arrive.”
Responding to his success in avoiding the fee, being up front about the issue at the barrier seems to be a successful tactic for countless other motorists who have experienced similar situations.
A whole load of cars parked up at London Stansted Airport (Getty Stock Images)
Another Redditor wrote: “Similar situation here. I was ill on holiday and ended up staying and extra three days. I didn’t realise there would be an inflated daily price.
“The barrier wanted something like £120. I pressed the buzzer and explained to the woman and then suddenly they opened the barrier for me.”
A user posted: “My friends recently done similar coming back from Ibiza. Got to the gate and realised they owed £450. They explained they had no money left whatsoever and the lady on the other end asked if they would write a good review on their Google page and once that’s done she will lift the barrier.”
And a third added: “Husband booked under his car reg rather than mine at Gatwick. Tried to get my car out, and the barrier did not open and said we owned £300. Confidently told the guy our booking reference and he opened it – but I strongly suspect he was doing us a favour.”Others said it was a strong indicator that those working on the airport car parks are just ordinary folk and that by not arguing and speaking to them normally instead, you are much more likely to get a positive response.
“It probably happens all the time that people park in the wrong car park,” one user wrote. “So rather than arguing with tired travellers and trying to make them pay it’s likely they just search for your details and raised the barrier.”
And another said: “Believe it or not most parking attendants aren’t d*cks, they are normal people doing a job, usually on minimum wage. I have found that if you’re honest and polite, they will help if they can.”
The impact of tourism on Spain is not all good, according to locals who have in recent months taken to the streets to tell holidaygoers to ‘go home’.
And with tourism taxes on the horizon, the cost of going abroad is now set to increase somewhat as some places decide it’s time you paid a fee that’ll help maintain the area you’re staying.
For one Spanish island, the cost has just been put up with tourists having to pay extra – an ‘eco tax’ – if they want to head there and visit one of the island’s most popular areas.
And it’s not the only tourism tax coming your way if you’re going there, with another on the way in January.
Tenerife is loved by Brits (Getty Stock Images)
Where has the ‘eco tax’ been introduced?
The eco tax has come in to play over in the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife.
With the island incredibly popular with Brits, it’ll impact many of us heading to the island.
In particular, it’ll apply to those heading to the popular Teno National Park on the north east of the island.
Applying to those taking on the Masca Canyon Trail, it has been brought in due to the number of people that end up having to have emergency services called to help them, with the terrain quite rough in places.
The cash will go towards funding these call outs, as well as enhancing the safety of hikers on the route.
As well as the tax, a daily limit has been placed on those visiting with just 275 a day allowed to head up, booked in advance.
As a result, it will cap visitors to 100,375 every year which is significantly lower than the previous levels, as a way to balance sustainability against tourism.
The Masca region of Tenerife has numerous emergency calls out every year (Getty Stock Images)
How much is the eco tax?
The president of Tenerife, Rosa Davila, revealed the amount this summer.
In a statement, she said: “Residents of Tenerife will NOT have to pay the Eco tax to access and enjoy the Masca Ravine.
“Only non-residents and Canarian residents will pay the ecological tax to compensate for the pressure on our natural spaces.”
If you’re a resident of any of the other Canary Islands – we’re talking about Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro – you will have to pay a fee of €3 (£2.50) to access the hiking route loved by tourists.
Those who are not a resident of Tenerife or any of the Canary Islands face paying a whopping €28 (£23.60) to go hiking on the route.
Tenerife is set to introduce a more general tourism tax in 2025 but the amount that will be charged hasn’t been revealed yet.
