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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Nottingham, UK to Paris, FR?
Take the TeslaYou keep
£124
In the car
8h 55m
Car is calmer by
56%
Car 27 · Flight 62
5h 10m by air, only 1h 14m of it flying. 1 in 3 run late.
How this was priced
Nottingham, UK to Paris, FR is 422 mi by road — 8h 55m of driving and 2 Supercharger stops — against 5h 10m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs £95 against £219 to fly, a saving of £124. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 27 and the flight 62.
Priced with fast charging at £0.52 per kWh and 3.7 miles per kWh, airfare from a £45 base plus £0.09 a mile per person, one £30 bag and a £32 ride at each end. Airfare is modelled from flight distance, not a live fare quote, so treat it as a typical fare rather than today's price. Rates last reviewed 14 September 2026; this trip last priced 1 October 2026.
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- Distance and drive time come from live road routing, not straight lines.
- Every rate used is listed on Cost analysis and sourced on Sources.
- This trip as raw data: nottingham-uk-to-paris-fr.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-01 · checked 7×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.