I'll let you in on a little secret. Cars have VIN numbers and inverters have serial numbers. Tesla knows the serial number of every inverter in every car. It's called a "database" and every car ever produced by Tesla has a surprising amount of data recorded unique to that car including data collected during the binning process and post-production testing.
That's great. Same is true of CPUs, and everything else that is
actually definitively binned in various MFG industries.
All of em put a different PN on an
actually different part to insure the correct spec part goes the correct place, and that the replacement part is correct for warranty purposes too.
It insures when I order a replacement part, I get one with the same performance....since people order by PN, not serial number.
So again- how does Tesla "know" to give me the "special" 980 when I order a new one, since it doesn't require a VIN (or any other identifying info) when you order one?
While we don't have access to the data, it's a reasonable guess that 80% of those early inverters tested well enough to meet the specs required for a Performance model.
If by reasonable you mean "random number based on 0 presented evidence" then sure.
100% might also be reasonable- and explain why 100% of em got the same actual part number
Again you keep saying "mountain of evidence" and only actually presenting "mountain of evidence-free speculation"
Obviously, they wouldn't flash an AWD to Performance unless the serial number indicated it met the minimum specs for Performance.
Or there was no actual difference.
They'd flash an AWD to P then too.
Obviously.
We heard quite a few folks had that happen. I don't recall ANY who were told "Oh, sorry, we can't actually flash this one, we need to get a special magic binned one instead"
The entire reason Tesla binned the drive units to begin with
Objection- assuming facts not in evidence.
You continually bring up this ability to flash an AWD into a Performance as evidence that no binning happened but you fail to consider that the binning process does not magically end up with the percentages of Performance and AWD that matches the demand for Performance and AWD cars (there is much more demand for AWD while only a relatively small number of drive units are not suitable for Performance).
In other words, it's to be expected that most AWD's probably meet the spec for Performance
Or possibly even all of them.
Still waiting for any evidence that's not the case.... you keep insisting you have a mountain of it after all!
That's why they binned in the first place.
Objection- assuming facts not in evidence.
We have had so much confirmation that Tesla was binning
Except, you've continued to present
zero confirmation.
"Somebody said" is not evidence. It's hearsay.
You claimed there was a
mountain of evidence- and you've not even shown a molehill of it.
, and not a single shred of evidence that they only claimed to be binning (while not actually doing it).
Absolutely untrue.
I cited three specific reasons to support the idea they DID NOT bin.
You didn't credibly address any of them.... (and didn't address the third one at all)
Binning was even mentioned by the tour guides to people who were on factory tours
And a cross-country drive on FSD was mentioned by the CEO of the company in 2016.
That also never happened.
Given how often we have
factually untrue info regarding Tesla stuff from folks who
should know like delivery advisors, salespeople, and service center employees I don't see why you find "A tour guide just repeated something Elon once said" to be "evidence" of anything besides who the guide follows on twitter.
. It boggles the mind why you would believe something with no evidence to support it
Right back at ya
. And, no, a lack of unique part numbers on those early Performance models is not evidence they were not binning (the binning happened AFTER the drive units were assembled!).
When I order a replacement 980 from Tesla, which doesn't require providing a VIN, how do they know if I need one of the special magic BINNED ones or not?