Notes
Notes on Tesla referral offers
Each note answers one question the matrix raises, with Tesla's own pages as the source.
Referral offer · United States
3 months of FSD free
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Referral link: Tesla applies the benefit when you order through it; we may earn Tesla credits.
model close-up
Cybertruck on Tesla's referral pages: four countries list it, 37 do not
Cybertruck is on the referral page in four North American countries and nowhere else. What each showed in January and now, and the one trim the US terms exclude.
· 5 min read
price check
Tesla's "price after savings" is not a discount: what goes into the figure
Read from the text of Tesla's own US design pages, archived May and June 2026: every savings label, every disclaimer, and what none of them takes off your invoice.
· 6 min read
price levers
Does Tesla negotiate on price? What an advisor can change, and what no one can
No haggling over a new Tesla. The levers that do move the total, which fees Tesla calls non-negotiable, and how to use timing without guessing.
· 6 min read
country close-up
Tesla referral in Ireland vs the UK: two countries, two units, two sets of terms
Irish buyers often read UK pages. Tesla's Irish page prints kilometres, euros and its own terms date. Side by side, with captures.
· 6 min read
method
When two archived copies of Tesla's referral page disagree, which one is right?
Found an archived Tesla page that contradicts our table? Four reasons two captures differ, with real pairs from our evidence.
· 7 min read
method
Tesla's referral terms, country by country: effective dates, updates and caps
45 archived Refer and Earn terms pages, one row each: when they took effect, when they were last updated, and the yearly cap.
· 8 min read
money questions
Tesla gift cards and Tesla credits: what each can pay for, and whether a car is one
Same label in the app, different rules: gift cards never touch a car, referral credits sometimes can. Country by country, from Tesla's pages.
· 6 min read
price mechanics
Why a Tesla from inventory can cost less than one you order
Inventory and demo cars are where Tesla's real price cuts show up. What Tesla says a demo car is, dated examples, and what to check.
· 6 min read
Shop vs car
Tesla Shop voucher codes, the car order and a referral link: three separate checkouts
Tesla Shop really has a voucher box. The car order does not. Which checkout a code, a credit or a link can touch, from Tesla's own support pages.
· 7 min read
Europe, all countries
Tesla referral in Europe: 1,000 km of Supercharging in every country, and where 2,000 km came from
22 European countries, one figure, dated. Plus the short April 2026 window when Tesla's pages showed 2,000 km, and why language versions never differ.
· 8 min read
terms close-up
Cash back for ordering through someone's Tesla link? What Tesla's terms say
"Use my link and I'll send you money." The clause in Tesla's terms that covers it, quoted in three countries, and what it can cost the buyer.
· 5 min read
reading check
How to spot a stale Tesla "discount" article in ten seconds
Five checks you can run on any Tesla discount page before you believe its number, and a table of figures that were true once and are not now.
· 5 min read
dated audit
We opened four coupon sites' Tesla pages. Here is what the codes really were
Four coupon pages, one morning: owners' referral links relabelled as coupons, offers from 2018, and percentage codes with no product named.
· 7 min read
method
Can you take cash instead of free Supercharging or FSD months? No, and here is why
The buyer benefit is set per country, and Tesla's terms rule out cash. How to judge what the benefit is worth to you without a made-up price.
· 5 min read
timing
Tesla changed the referral benefit after you ordered: which one do you get?
Benefits changed in dozens of countries during 2026. Tesla's terms say they can change, but not what happens to an order placed before. What to record and ask.
· 5 min read
verify it yourself
How to check any Tesla referral offer yourself in the Internet Archive
Don't trust our table, or anyone's: five steps to read Tesla's own referral page for any country and date.
· 2 min read
model coverage
Why some countries get the Tesla referral benefit on Model 3 only
A pattern in Asia-Pacific countries: cash off Model 3, nothing on Model Y — read from Tesla's own pages.
· 2 min read
benefit types
FSD months, free Supercharging or cash off: the three kinds of Tesla referral benefit
Why one link means FSD months in Toronto, Supercharging in Dublin and cash in Tokyo — and how to compare them honestly.
· 2 min read