If it saves Tesla millions of dollars a year and doesn't prevent someone from buying the car it seems pretty wise to me.
Eh... maybe?
A LOT of buyers are coming in from german luxury cars that are comparable if not more expensive though.
And at least some more from asian and domestic cars in this price range or higher.
Capital One: Value of Luxury Gas Cars Getting Slammed by Tesla Model 3 | CleanTechnica
That's a story about german lux cars getting killed on depreciation because so many current buyers want a Model 3 instead of a BMW or Mercedes or Audi now.
Do they even do the models anymore? Back in 2018 I had to specifically ask and they had to dig around in a back room to still find one.
Great news! they stopping giving the cables at all quite some time ago according to most reports. (this might be a YMMV on end date like the models depending when a given delivery center ran out of em)
Quite a few folks have already complained about the SoC being so low they had to hit a charger on the way home from delivery.
This'd likely save a lot
less than the $5 per car you were just complaining wasn't "worth doing" though.
10% of charge costs me 20 cents on L2 charging at home.
Again this'd save less than the things you're upset they're saving money on. But I could definitely see them doing it.
They are.
The 14-50 adapter, the phone cables, homelink, the hooks, allegedly door pocket lights I think I read?
That'd kill a lot of the savings- since now you have to keep them in stock at all delivery centers... and probably both carpet AND all weather ones too.
WAY more efficient to do central distribution online.
I mean- that's how you ordered the CAR so you ought be able to figure out ordering mats.
As to price $5 is less (by a fair bit) than the cheapest aftermarket frunk mat I can find online so that seems pretty low.
I do think Tesla could easily pick up some extra easy revenue, at the end of the configuration process by offering to take you to a page to buy dealer-delivered accessories... and then they just drop ship the stuff you order there to wherever the car is to be delivered from their central accessory distribution center.
Internal IT is kinda crap at Tesla though (see also their inability to even bill their own existing customers, for whom they already have credit cards on file, for data). Fixing that is a big push they're working on right now.