18 Months of Owning a Tesla. Here's What They Don't Tell You.
18 months of owning a Tesla Model Y. No brochure stuff — just the things nobody tells you before you buy one.
I cover the real running costs (my charging bill last month was £11), the battery degradation myth, range anxiety and why it disappears faster than you'd expect, the cobalt question answered properly, and the Elon question — because you deserve an honest answer, not a deflection.
Real numbers. Real experience. Real talk.
⚡ Key numbers from this video:
Overnight charging rate: 5.2p/kWh (Octopus Intelligent Go)
Cost per mile — Tesla: 1.5p | Diesel: 29.7p
Monthly charging cost: ~£11 vs £90+ on diesel
Battery warranty: 8 years / 100,000 miles
Real world range: 280–320 miles
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0:00 Intro — 198.9p a litre
2:10 The real costs to switch
4:00 The battery myth
6:26 Maintenance costs
8:55 Mocked for buying an EV
10:00 Charging all of the time
12:45 Cobalt and ethics — the full picture
14:25 The Elon question
16:40 High Insurance?
18:19 No Carplay, no way?
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