Hi there!
Most of you have for sure read the news about BMW announcing the 2017 version of its i3 model. Major news being (hopefully I remember to numbers well) that the battery pack is 50% larger, moving from 22kWh to 33kWh... More interestingly however, if you look at the article below, the cost of the 11kWh upgrade is only $2000 vs. the original version.
It makes me wonder, what is the reasonable cost that Tesla can ask for a let's say 20Wh upgrade from 50Kwh to 70Kwh battery pack? Based on simple math using the i3 case, this upgrade shall be $4000 or max $5000. In that case, battery upgrade would be much more affordable and preferred choice by most M3 buyers. I would definitely go for it!
2017 BMW i3 Getting 50% Range Boost
Most of you have for sure read the news about BMW announcing the 2017 version of its i3 model. Major news being (hopefully I remember to numbers well) that the battery pack is 50% larger, moving from 22kWh to 33kWh... More interestingly however, if you look at the article below, the cost of the 11kWh upgrade is only $2000 vs. the original version.
It makes me wonder, what is the reasonable cost that Tesla can ask for a let's say 20Wh upgrade from 50Kwh to 70Kwh battery pack? Based on simple math using the i3 case, this upgrade shall be $4000 or max $5000. In that case, battery upgrade would be much more affordable and preferred choice by most M3 buyers. I would definitely go for it!
2017 BMW i3 Getting 50% Range Boost