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Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

eAdopter

Member
Mar 11, 2013
98
30
Bellevue, WA
It was delivered May 2013.My car Master charger failed Dec 2014 and was replaced. Tesla customer service line initially says they cannot simply turn on supercharging without upgrading hardware. They directed me to service center which repeated the same line. I then informed them that the Master charger was replaced. They then looked into repair history and confirmed that. They told me that because it was replaced and can handle supercharging so no new hardware is necessary. They never gave me the impression that the charger replacement/upgrade will involve extra cost. I think it is part of the supercharging upgrade cost.
Should tweet to @elonmusk you guys want a Black Friday surprise with a $2500 upgrade from 40 to 60

No need. $2500 is the current 40 -> 60 upgrade price. Now if we can just get Supercharging for less than $2500...
 
May 3, 2017
240
217
Metrowest, MA
Basically, I got the email back from Tesla about asking about a discount to upgrade to 60 kwh. Basically, I was told that it wouldn't be fair for those who did the upgrade earlier. I see their point.
That is total BS from Tesla. I upgraded my 60D to 75D at a cost of $7000. When they lowered it to $2000 30 days later, Tesla would not do anything for my for the extra $5000 I paid because I upgraded one month early.
 

Drax

Member
Oct 24, 2017
267
287
United States
Pinball - Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if you’d had a case to dispute the charge through your credit card due to the dramatic change in price? It’s not like this was a Black Friday special..
 

MIT_S60

Active Member
Nov 23, 2016
1,027
859
Orange County, CA
Pinball - Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if you’d had a case to dispute the charge through your credit card due to the dramatic change in price? It’s not like this was a Black Friday special..
Most credit cards have a limit per price protection claim (for example: $500 for Citi's Costco card).
 

Longhorn92

MS VIN #10103 (40 kWh)
Jul 6, 2012
212
1
Chicago
Well, I’m finally pulling the trigger on the battery unlock due to the lower price. Appointment made for next week. Now, I just need to decide on supercharging.
 
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MIT_S60

Active Member
Nov 23, 2016
1,027
859
Orange County, CA
Well, I’m finally pulling the trigger on the battery unlock due to the lower price. Appointment made for next week. Now, I just need to decide on supercharging.
One benefit for supercharging would be at resale time. Another is that you can start using the car to do long distance traveling without needing to rely as much on destination charging.
 
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aaron0k

Two failed MCU's on a S40 & S70D; both at 84k.
Apr 1, 2013
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606
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Well, I’m finally pulling the trigger on the battery unlock due to the lower price. Appointment made for next week. Now, I just need to decide on supercharging.

You might want to consider getting a CHAdeMO adapter instead.
 

aaron0k

Two failed MCU's on a S40 & S70D; both at 84k.
Apr 1, 2013
664
606
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Why? I think you have to pay $1,900 to enable CHAdeMO, or $2,500 to enable CHAdeMO and Supercharging...

Just now noticed this, sorry for the delayed response... there is no longer a charge to enable CHAdeMO; just buy the $495 adapter and schedule a firmware update for your 40 at a SC. It's free (at least it was for me).
 

ABean85

New Member
Feb 11, 2019
4
1
New Brunswick
Hi S 40 owners. I’m looking to buy a S 40 and I’ve found one. But, the ad says 2013 S 40, and the interior picture of the car shows a screen with S 60 at the top. There is no badging on the back of the car, except for the company name. How can I tell a S 60 from a S 40? Thanks.
- Anthony
 

RodF

Member
Dec 28, 2012
416
55
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hi S 40 owners. I’m looking to buy a S 40 and I’ve found one. But, the ad says 2013 S 40, and the interior picture of the car shows a screen with S 60 at the top. There is no badging on the back of the car, except for the company name. How can I tell a S 60 from a S 40? Thanks.
- Anthony

That looks like a software limited 40 that was upgraded to a 60. I did that and asked them not to put the 60 badge on. The 40's did not come with a badge. You can tell it is a 60 because the screen will display the current configuration.
 

markb1

Active Member
Feb 17, 2012
3,031
638
San Diego, CA
That looks like a software limited 40 that was upgraded to a 60. I did that and asked them not to put the 60 badge on. The 40's did not come with a badge. You can tell it is a 60 because the screen will display the current configuration.

The early 60s didn't come with badges, either, FWIW.
 

Akikiki

A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
Nov 26, 2012
6,324
4,452
Kaneohe, HI
I agree with RodF and markb1. That may have been a sold as a 40, but its now a 60. Its been upgraded for you. It was only a software switch that they flipped the released access to the rest of the battery.

And the badging was a separate thing. None of the regular (I don't remember about the Signature Series,) but none of the 40's 60's or 85's came with badging until about June of '13. As a matter of fact we didn't know our cars were suppose to have or going to have badging until they told us that we could come by the SC and they would install badging. My point is, for the first year, there was no badging - but it wasn't only 40's. So rdon't depend on that being an indicator for you.

We had several 40's in Hawaii. We kept and eye on them and watched when they were sold to new people and resold again, and then upgraded. It was like watching a niece or nephew growing up.

There were only about 400 40's produced. And they were only made for about three months in 2013. And by late 2016' about half had been traded back in to Tesla for newer cars with new tech or larger batteries. Tesla flipped the switch and sold them as CPO 60s. And there were a few that were upgraded for the $11,000 price to 60's. And pretty much the last of them were upgraded to 60's when Tesla reduced the 40-to-60 upgrade price from $11,000 to $2500 or $2000 whichever it was. There's almost most none left in existence.

@ABean85. Why do you think you want a 40? We watched the 40's being resold and traded in. A 40 today would cost you almost as much as a 60 whether it was an upgraded 40 or an factory sold 60.
 

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