There was some discussion of it here, and it references a few other threads. Not 100% sure, but it appears to be the case.
Interesting - I had not seen that! I would have a very hard time shelling out $10K for a software upgrade.
Why does it matter if it's a software upgrade or hardware? Do you think $10K upgrade from S40 to S60 is less valuable than a $10K upgrade from S70 to S90? If all Model S came with 100KW battery software limited to 70, 90 or full 100, you'd never buy anything higher than 70 only because it's a software upgrade?
I'm looking at it from the angle that the parts are already there (Tesla perhaps wanted to keep things simple) and its not a difficult option to allow owners to choose to enable it later. You know like a few other things Tesla has known to have done.
I'm very very tempted.
To be fair, I'd have a hard time paying for it even if there was hardware component.
That's a different story. From your comment I understood that software upgrades are somehow less valuable.
Yes, that whole hp and "free highway speed upgrade" debacle left a bitter taste in people's mouths. That said, after Tesla came clean, it seems based on the numbers that the P90D to P90DL is a bigger improvement than S90D to P90D, but it costs half. So in my mind, if you P you should L. Given this upgrade showing up in the store, I'm thinking P100D will be Ludicrous by default, and P90D will go away. Having 70/70D, 90D, and P100D would differentiate between the models better, justify a P price difference (originally Tesla was marketing P85D as almost double the hp of 85D, but we know how that turned out).I've felt the cost of the Ludicrous upgrade is too high given the horsepower / rollout controversy. Learning the actual cost to produce an L versus an non-L is identical (as far as we know), that makes it an especially difficult pill to swallow. With that said, I only have a measly 85D so I have no skin in the game here but... Since you asked.
