Programme
There is no Tesla ‘voucher’ under the Electric Car Grant
The grant is where the voucher language comes from. Tesla is not on the eligible list, so the word does not describe anything available on a Tesla order.
Dispatch desk · UK
Tesla referral news (UK)
What changed, when it changed, and what it means if you are about to order. Short, dated entries — each one sourced, each one written the day the fact moved. No rumours, no “deal alerts”, no invented discounts.
Software
The FSD purchase option disappeared. A guide to what replaced it
A capital cost became a running cost. The UK referral benefit did not change — but the reason it did not is the interesting part.
Programme
The February 2026 terms, in plain English
A revision date is the most useful filter available for referral information. Here is what the current rulebook says, clause by clause.
Programme
If you were planning an S or X order, the referral answer changed
The eligibility cliff, explained for the buyers it actually affects — and what the alternative looks like in the UK line-up.
Charging
Open Supercharger access explained for UK drivers
Access and credit are two different things. One of them travels to another brand's car; the other does not.
Software
2026.26, and the two settings worth changing today
Most software news is not referral news. Two items in this release genuinely help you spend a mileage reward before it expires.
Market
A record quarter, and what a UK buyer should take from it
Guide treatment: how to read a delivery release, what it contains about referrals (nothing), and the one variable you control.
Models
The Model Y L is real, six-seat and not on sale in the UK — and it is still not a voucher
Every time Tesla launches something, UK searches turn it into a deal. Here is the specification that exists, the price that does not, and the only real UK saving.
Market
UK EVs took 27.4% of July, and BYD is now bigger than Tesla here. Does that change your order timing?
43,547 battery-electric cars were registered in the UK in July, up around 50% year on year — and BYD, not Tesla, now leads the UK EV sales table for 2026 so far.
Incentives
Tesla still isn't in the UK Electric Car Grant. Here's why waiting won't fix that
Neither the GBP 3,750 nor the GBP 1,500 band of the UK Electric Car Grant applies to a Tesla, and the reason has nothing to do with the price of the car.
Programme
Europe's referral reward is reported doubled to 2,000 km. The UK still shows 650 miles — here's the running-cost reality
Not a Tesla App and others report a European referral increase to 2,000 km of free Supercharging. UK-facing pages in August 2026 still describe 650 miles. Both numbers are real; they're just not the same number.
Programme
Tesla pushed the referral round's end date from 31 July to 16 September. No need to have rushed
The current referral round was due to end 31 July 2026. Tesla has pushed it to 16 September, prize availability unchanged — the framework from March 2026 stays in place.
Results
Tesla's Q2 2026: record deliveries, a 1.4% margin. Does that change when you should order?
480,126 deliveries, its best-ever Q2, against a 1.4% operating margin and negative free cash flow. Strong volume, thin margin — here's what that combination actually tells a UK buyer.
Product
Tesla's cheaper Model 3 Standard cuts real features. What that means before a UK order — and what it doesn't
In the US, the Model 3 Standard starts at $38,630 — $5,500 under the rest of the range — but Tesla got there partly by removing features, including Autosteer.
Programme mechanics
Referral credits expire 12 months after the Grant Date. Here's where that bites in the order flow
The saving isn't just whether you use a referral link — it's when. Credits expire a year after they're granted, and referrers can only bank 10 successful referrals a year.
Network
UK Superchargers hit 2,747 — more than half now open to any EV. What that does to the maths
Tesla's own numbers put the UK network at 2,747 chargers, and Tesla says more than half are now shared with other EVs. The exclusivity story is over — here's what's left.
Earlier coverage
Dated pieces that were filed before this desk existed. They stay where they were published — nothing has been moved or renamed.