"Acceleration Boost" option, discussion as to which models and how much quicker

[aaron0k]

Not judging your decision.

However, I'm not too fond of this sales model... limiting performance/options then selling "unlocks". Pretty soon we'll have DLC and loot boxes.

That said, they've been doing this for a while.

M3 needs a jailbreak.

 

[phantasms]

I feel it's a much larger difference than previous free upgrades. The numbers seem to back that up as well.

In the past the updates gave between 0.1 and 0.15 in 0-60. This update has given 0.5. Also, the closer 0-60 approaches 0, the more of a meaningful difference it is. For example 0-60 in 7.0 instead of 7.5 isn't much of a big deal.

 

[robelectric]

Just a little disappointed with Tesla for charging for an OTA speed boost.

 

[XLR82XS]

Great idea for Tesla sales at year-end but 2K for it..... I wonder how the Performance owners feel about this.

 

[phantasms]

Just a little disappointed with Tesla for charging for an OTA speed boost.

You don't have to purchase it. How is having options a bad thing? It's way more of a boost than all previous updates combined.

 

[joongsoo]

Hope I don’t regret it.

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Is that on the phone app? Where do I go in the app?

 

[XLR82XS]

They are offering a boost for 2K. Great sales tactic but it is odd to see that a short time after a 5% power increase. Just uncork all the juice if it's truly dialed back from it's 100% potential.

 

[loscosmos]

It's strange because some posters on Reddit were getting similiar 0-60 times?

 

[MMMGP]

I'd like a 24 hour trial period.

 

[JSolar]

I am not upset they want to create more income opportunities. We all want Tesla to succeed. I am going to save my $ for a cybertruck I think.

 

[phantasms]

I'd like a 24 hour trial period.

It would absolutely make sense for them to do this after the initial wave of purchases. Because once you feel the upgrade the standard will feel slow. If you never feel the upgrade the base AWD will never feel slow. I'd expect next quarter or so.

 

[T3SLAROD]

I’m not sure what all the complaining is about. This is what Tesla should do from now on.... sell performance upgrades to those of us who want it.... now if they could start working coilovers, Springs, etc etc etc

 

[MMMGP]

It would absolutely make sense for them to do this after the initial wave of purchases. Because once you feel the upgrade the standard will feel slow. If you never feel the upgrade the base AWD will never feel slow. I'd expect next quarter or so.

Exactly. It'll be a few days before the YT community gets the upgrade and posts some pre vs post numbers. Curious as to how this upgrade will impact the 1/4 mile times.

 

[jkoya]

Is that on the phone app? Where do I go in the app?

Have you upgraded your phone app ?

 

[Oyinko]

I'm happy for the LR AWD owners but have to say that as a Performance Model 3 owner, I'm bittersweet about it. I bought the performance model only for the better acceleration and didn't care about the bigger wheels, brakes or spoilers. We were also told the motors were different...

Now that the Dual Motor AWD accelerates as much at a Performance Model 3, there will be little selling points for people to buy a Performance instead of a LR AWD... which will ultimately hurt resale value of the Performance Model 3.

I'm hoping that Tesla will provide an update at some point that will increase the acceleration for the Performance Model, hopefully under 3 seconds...

Meanwhile, enjoy your need car

 

[RSL2020]

First stoplight dual I lose, that money will fly out of my wallet . One year later, that has yet to happen.

 

[balzary]

Hmmm, as an aside my page doesn't show anything about the premium connectivity... I got the car in jun 18 so I'm part of the grandfathered crowd. Perhaps it's a Canadian thing.

I bought it through my Tesla account online.

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[loscosmos]

So what were the numbers on the free 5% update?

 

[loscosmos]

Does anyone know the numbers from the 5% free update vs what it is now? I remember the advertised 0-60 never changed on the site.

 

[CMoZ]

I don't know what the source of this data is but it is inconsistent with the master data file. Not entirely surprising if they took the data from column DG (which appears to be wrong for 2020) and ignored column DC. You should see what the corresponding file for 2018 that you're looking at says about the Performance vs. AWD.

That's from the EPA Datafile. At best we've found this data is completely inconsistent and thus unreliable. As you pointed out in previous years when motors were the same they said they were different and in some columns they say they're different and others the same. This is a fouled datapoint to me now.