My neighbor recently got a new Model S 75D.
He previously had a 2015 Model S 70 so he knows Teslas in general but isn't ultra-savvy/obsessed like some of us here
I noticed it in his driveway on a walk and chatted him up for a bit. He said he upgraded because he wanted the dual motor and got one of the last 75Ds before Tesla discontinued them. He said he couldn't justify the costs of the 100kWh version.
I said I had a 75D as well and he asked me about my range. I told him when it was new it was rated for 259 but after 24 months with initial degradation, I get about 240 on a full charge.
He told me gets 310 on a full charge! He thought it was a mistake and so he fully charged a second time and got 310 again.
Given he got one of the very last 75Ds, do you think they ran out of 75 kWh batteries and slipped in an old stock 90 kWh they had laying around? A software limited 100 kWh? He thinks it is weird too, and said he (tongue in cheek) feared that Tesla was going to "realize their mistake and tell him they're going to do a software update to take away his extra range". But so far (a few weeks ownership) he reports his 310 range is staying put.
Anybody else heard or have anything like this? Seems weird.
He previously had a 2015 Model S 70 so he knows Teslas in general but isn't ultra-savvy/obsessed like some of us here
I noticed it in his driveway on a walk and chatted him up for a bit. He said he upgraded because he wanted the dual motor and got one of the last 75Ds before Tesla discontinued them. He said he couldn't justify the costs of the 100kWh version.
I said I had a 75D as well and he asked me about my range. I told him when it was new it was rated for 259 but after 24 months with initial degradation, I get about 240 on a full charge.
He told me gets 310 on a full charge! He thought it was a mistake and so he fully charged a second time and got 310 again.
Given he got one of the very last 75Ds, do you think they ran out of 75 kWh batteries and slipped in an old stock 90 kWh they had laying around? A software limited 100 kWh? He thinks it is weird too, and said he (tongue in cheek) feared that Tesla was going to "realize their mistake and tell him they're going to do a software update to take away his extra range". But so far (a few weeks ownership) he reports his 310 range is staying put.
Anybody else heard or have anything like this? Seems weird.
