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I believe the point was that most of us that bought a 40 are happy with it and would most likely drive our gas car for long trips or rent a car rather than pay 13,000 for the rare times that we would need the extra range. It would have to be quite a bit cheaper to even consider it and obviously at this point it doesn't cost Tesla anything as the hardware is already there.
If I could pay for supercharger access without the battery capacity upgrade, I would have no problems paying full price for that, but Tesla does not allow supercharger access without battery capacity upgrade first.
...In my specific case, the supercharger access would be mildly useful to me now, but I don't really need any additional range, so paying $13.5k just for supercharger access makes no sense to me. ..., but Tesla does not allow supercharger access without battery capacity upgrade first.
Has any 40 owner actually asked for the SC upgrade?
I have. But was told that I had to upgrade to 60 first. I was hoping that if we could get enough collective 40 owners together, maybe they'd change their mind about the offering.
While I agree 40 owners don't entitle to upgrade discount I think it could be a good business for Tesla to reduce the upgrade cost to $6000~8000 to induce owners to upgrade. Fairness is never a goal for any business but profit is. These are what Tesla has already spent to produce why not getting some extra earnings out of it?
I agree with many statements made here. Especially Longhorn's. I would love the supercharger access of my 40 without having to fork over the huge upgrade expense. Just one or two superchargers in my area are all I need access to in order to gain that little extra distance from home. I'd even be willing to pay more than the $2500 just to have the SC access. It's "pure profit" for Tesla to open that kind of access for us. Yes, I know the original 40's weren't supposed to get that feature in the first place. But they made the business decision to "give" us the software limited 60s which are capable. What's a little more incentive to put more $$ in their pocket from an already loyal customer?
I have 6000 miles on my 40. I have never had the need to charge any place but at home. I have no plans to make any road trips with this car. The forty was offered to us in order to give Tesla a starting price of $49000. This was Tesla's offer and we 40 owners took it. Tesla chose not to build the car that they offered. Therefore, we got a good deal on a modified 60. This was Tesla's decision and their offer to us. I have absolutely no need to upgrade and no need to take road trips to play with Tesla's superchargers. That being said, I am a huge supporter of Tesla and love my car, the company, and the stock. I spent two days in the last month at Tesla and Plug-in events showing people my car and telling them how much I love it. I would be more than happy to send Tesla more money for an upgrade that I don't need, but not $12500. It would be easy money for Tesla to upgrade these cars at a more reasonable price. I would be happy to pay.
Let's assume you're an TSLA investor (I don't know if you are and you don't need to say). As an investor, would you be happy if they did this (offered the upgrade at a lower price)? As an investor, would you be happy if they sent a rebate check to everyone that bought a 60 kWh or 85 kWh car for the difference between what they paid and what this "discounted retrofit" is saving the 40 kWh owners?I would be more than happy to send Tesla more money for an upgrade that I don't need, but not $12500. It would be easy money for Tesla to upgrade these cars at a more reasonable price. I would be happy to pay.
Let's assume you're an TSLA investor (I don't know if you are and you don't need to say). As an investor, would you be happy if they did this (offered the upgrade at a lower price)? As an investor, would you be happy if they sent a rebate check to everyone that bought a 60 kWh or 85 kWh car for the difference between what they paid and what this "discounted retrofit" is saving the 40 kWh owners?
As an investor and owner, I think the 40 folks got a hell of a good deal and it's frankly sickening that they are then turning it around into "but we want more". It's exactly like what's going on politically in a lot of ways, and I expected better of Tesla owners.
As an investor and owner, I think the 40 folks got a hell of a good deal and it's frankly sickening that they are then turning it around into "but we want more". It's exactly like what's going on politically in a lot of ways, and I expected better of Tesla owners.