April 2026 Newsletter

If you haven't heard yet, Supercharged 2026 is being held at the exciting Millbrook Proving Ground on 27 June, so if you haven't got your tickets yet, see the feature below for what is on offer at this Tesla Owners UK flagship event.

If you're visited our website in the last few days, you will have noticed that we have made some changes to not only make the website more responsive, but more importantly to improve our membership management database. We have added lots more events dates to the website and access to tickets not only for Supercharged but also to Everything Electric in Harrogate on 8 and 9 of May.

Tesla Torque, the first ever publication from Tesla Owners UK is now out and there has been a real buzz about it so it is looking very likely we will be publishing another in 2027, but in the meantime our free members can now obtain a copy at our club shop.

Why not upgrade to Paid Supporter membership and not only get your free ticket to Supercharged this year and all the EE events, and you will be in in the mix for the Year Book next spring, and use your club discount for the 2026 issue! And we will be opening the reservations next week for our 2026 club visit to Tesla Giga Berlin - access to this is reserved for supporter members, so another great reason to upgrade your membership!

We have seen a lot of news about FSD over the last few weeks with the approval in the Netherlands earlier this month. We have formally written to the UK Government and to Tesla UK to get clarity on what their understanding of the current situation is and what steps are in place to approve FSD (Supervised) in the UK, and if there is anything TOUK can do to help. We are also very cognisant of the issues for owners of HW3 cars as FSD (Supervised) has not been approved for these older cars in the Netherlands, but the news from last week's Tesla earnings call is of significant interest about retrofitting the newer hardware but is too vague at present. A copy of our letter to the government was shared in the Facebook forum last week and can be seen here.

We will continue to work closely with Tesla to make sure our member views are heard loud and clear about the delivery of FSD and how the upgrade path could work. In the meantime, Tesla UK has kept open the free transfer of FSD from an existing Tesla to a new Tesla if you had plans to change car at some time in the near future which we have campaigned for.

We look forward to seeing you at one, or indeed at multiple, events we have planned for you this year.

Warren Whyte
President Tesla Owners UK

SUPERCHARGED 2026 - Saturday 27 June

The 2026 edition of the Tesla Owners UK national member event will be bigger and better, with more driving opportunities and a new location to enjoy.

This new exciting location in Bedfordshire will host our Supercharged Central in the Millbrook Concept 1 building, with a great space for talks and panel debates, a big hard surface for our Concours d'Elegance, children's activities and display cars, and a range of our partners and suppliers attending too.

And for the first time, we have a range of fantastic driving experiences to access. Your ticket will include a chance to drive the iconic Alpine Course and the High Speed Bowl, and if you want to try out the acceleration and speed of your Tesla, you can buy the optional One-Mile Straight add-on.

Entry to Supercharged is free for our paid supporters, and payable for free and non-members. This will be a family friendly event, but please note under 16s are not permitted on the driving experiences.

SUPERCHARGED 2026 HIGHLIGHTS

• Technical talks and panel discussions

• New owner sessions

• Mini Tesla track for children

• Accessories and merchandise

• Great food and drink

• Demonstrations

• Concours d’Elegance

• Modified Tesla display

• Special parking for Model X and Roadster

• Driving experiences with your own car

• Tesla mobile service (subject to availability)

This will be a great value day out for only £40 per Tesla, no matter how many passengers you have. This year, each attending car will receive an exclusive gift bag thanks to 3W Mats. Details of how to enter the concours d'elegance will follow next month.

Paid Supporters can obtain their complimentary ticket from the account section of the TOUK website, and add on the optional one-mile straight if they wish to enjoy the full experience of the day!

Thanks to our Key Partners who help make this happen through their support of the club: Michelin, 3W Car Mats, Andersen EV and Octopus Energy.

Please Note: We do not want any re-enactments of the James Bond Casino Royal crash (which was filmed in the Alpine Course)!

Everything Electric Harrogate 8th - 9th May

Get your free ticket! We are delighted to continue our partnership with the Fully Charged Team and our paid supporters can now obtain their free weekend ticket to Everything Electric worth £15 from their account section of the Tesla Owners UK website.

Thank you to members who responded to our recent call for display cars on our TOUK stand. Together with our members' cars, we have a big club presence in Harrogate so even if your car is not on our display, please do come and visit us and meet some of your committee and fellow members. You can also pick up your copy of the Year Book from our merch stand!

The show is a great day out to see the latest in EV developments, home energy products and services, not to mention a great line up of talks. If you are a free member, get your ticket here and please use the discount code for a 25% off tickets: TOC25. Paid members can get their free weekend ticket by logging into the TOUK website.

If you can't join us at Harrogate, we will have a club presence at the West of England Everything Electric show in Cheltenham on 12-13 June and we will have tickets available as soon as we are back from Harrogate! We also plan to be at the Greater London show at Twickenham Stadium on 11-12 September.

Gigafactory Tour Berlin - 19 October 2026

Save the date! We will be opening registration for our 2026 visit to Gigafactory in Berlin next week! We have now had our exclusive UK tour slot confirmed for Monday 19 October, with our club reception to be held on Sunday 18 October in Berlin. If you've never been before, save the date and watch out for the invite to register your interest - we expect demand to be high again so we will run a lottery to allocate the tickets. Please note that you must be a current paid supporter to register so make sure you sign up if you want to get that invitation email next week!