60kw upgrade to 85kw, Was told by multiple Tesla Sources not possible at this time.

[theheff]

The battery is designed to be swapped out without needing a specialist. The connector was specifically designed to be plug and play. I know for sure as the person who designed the connector gave a lecture at a major university and the video is still online.

I also find it interesting that Islandbayy was specifically told that swapping out the battery was possible when he bought his car but now they changed their mind. It definitely was a big selling point for me. Knowing that battery technology advances faster than the rest of car ages, I went with the Model S with the expectation it would be somewhat future proof with the ability to buy a newer, higher capacity battery later on, or at least replace it with a new one when the old one has degraded too much for whatever reason. I hope Tesla will let us upgrade to a newer battery in the future.

I agree. A swap-able battery definitely improves the longevity of the car and I intend to take advantage of it. At some point, when Model S warranties start running out, they will need to come up with a warranty policy for batteries.

 

[JRP3]

The battery is designed to be swapped out without needing a specialist.

The million dollar swapping machine might be considered a "specialist", and handling a 1000 lb high voltage pack is not necessarily within the realm of the average backyard mechanic. Obviously people can and have done it but I can understand at this point in time Tesla needs to focus their efforts elsewhere. They did announce a future pack upgrade for the non-quick swapping Roadster pack so I do expect at some point in the future when better packs are available and Tesla manufacturing is more mature the same will be available for the S and X.
I also fully expect that before that time third parties will have figured out how to hack the entire car and make almost any plausible modification, including pack changes.