BertL
Active Member
I think there is an important consideration from Elon and Tesla's perspective. They have made commitments to Wall Street on volumes that will be sold this year and (at least some in the press say) they need cash. As such, there is a balancing act Elon must do in preannouncements that would cause people to delay a purchase because of something that won't be available for say months from now. Look at the 2-year lease program... It's certainly in place only to drive purchases now, help cash flow, but allow owners that really want a M3 to be able to get one when they become (well, at least announced to be) available.
As such, I'll be very surprised if Elon preannounces anything related to new hardware unless it's available almost immediately, or there is an upgrade path (doubtful) for say refresh models or models purchased now to get the new sensor/camera array at a later date so people will keep buying New cars NOW. Firmware is a whole other thing... Elon loves to preannounce and tease with future concepts, but I expect anything that may require new/updated hardware to be tied to the timing discussed above on its availability.
As such, I'll be very surprised if Elon preannounces anything related to new hardware unless it's available almost immediately, or there is an upgrade path (doubtful) for say refresh models or models purchased now to get the new sensor/camera array at a later date so people will keep buying New cars NOW. Firmware is a whole other thing... Elon loves to preannounce and tease with future concepts, but I expect anything that may require new/updated hardware to be tied to the timing discussed above on its availability.