SINGAPORE: Two more cars from California- based electric carmaker Tesla have made their way to Singapore. These have been given rebates of $10,000 and $15,000, unlike the first Tesla Model S electric sedan, which was slapped with a controversial $15,000 tax surcharge.
The $15,000 tax break was granted to a one-year-old Model S P90, a 515kW all-wheel drive which was registered this month. It had clocked around 8,700km when it was imported from Hong Kong. The owner is an IT professional who declined to be interviewed.
The $10,000 rebate was granted to a brand-new Model S P85D, a 386kW all-wheel drive. The unidentified owner has not registered the car yet. That means there are currently only two Model S cars on the road here.
The first was brought in early this year by Mr Joe Nguyen, 44, vice-president of an Internet research firm. Also from Hong Kong, it was a used rear-wheel drive P85, which was a little over a year old when registered here with less than 1,000km on the clock.
