Mercedes EV models in australia have gone away from the options path. They now offer around 3 models (base, mid, and AMG) with limited choices specifically exterior colour, interior colour, dash type, and wheels. Most EV’s in Australia (other than porsche) are heading down the package route.
In theory it improves value at resale as most purchased options carry no meaningful value.
Ha! The best option I'm aware of on any EV is the $2,000 Tesla charge to upgrade the performance of the LR versions. Absolute rip-off because it's nothing more than a software adjustment. Do you think that will increase value at resale time?
Having sold a model S last year with various options, it was an interesting exercise to log all comparable cars for sale and see what options they had, what the asking price was, how long they had been on the market and how many times they reduced it. This is all available on carsales and it was my method of getting my price right at the start, plus a bit for negotiating. I concluded that basic model S without any options sold for marginally less than those with advanced autopilot, and FSD made no difference (although one seller was trying $40k over market rate with fsd selling the future robotaxi etc and had been doing so for 6 months). Also of no difference was wheels or sound system. Curiously FSD owners all started very high but gradually reduced to advanced autopilot prices. There was no evidence that a particular colour was harder to sell. As they were all the same age items like warranty, free supercharging, and free internet were not differentiators. The noticable thing for me was the refusal of sellers to do anything but provide standard bad angle unemotional pics, and the bizzare action of trying to sell standard tesla mechanical features (which any buyer would have already researched) rather than lifestyle and emotion.
That's my point. I reckon you paid almost $3K for the upgrades wheels (as did I) but at least Tesla had to fit the upgraded wheels whereas the upgraded performance is a software switch.
If something isn’t tangible or physical, it does not mean it has less value or cost to produce
