Tesla just did something weird. Or revolutionary?

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
06/09/2016 at 21:35 • Filed to: None

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So basically, they are putting a 75 kWh battery in a car, cutting it’s range USING SOFTWARE, then selling the range back as an upgrade if someone wants it. So basically, you’re purchasing more of something that you already have, which means that they’re essentially licensing you range out of the battery.

I can’t decide whether this is brilliant or completely heinous.

DISCUSSION (13)

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 21:41

Well, I guess I get it. It doesn't cost Tesla anything to do that, it's a car they get to sell when they might not sell it otherwise because of price, and down the line maybe they get the upgrade and get the money back.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 21:42

I kinda hate it.

Mmmmm > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 21:45

I don’t know about cars but BMW has already been doing this on motorcycles with the S1000RR. I can’t rember specifically what all they unlocked for you but it was the same concept.

StingrayJake > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 21:47

So they’re Apple.

iaintafraidofnoghost > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 21:49

$667 a month?! That’s a 7 year loan... fuckkkkkk that.

f86sabre > Nick Has an Exocet
06/09/2016 at 22:13

I don’t think it is horrible and it isn’t that far from what some automakers have done before. What is annoying is that even with that the car I would buy spec’d out at $88k. The most expensive car I've bought was $27k in 2003. There is a bit of gap there.