ToddRLockwood
Active Member
My hope is simply that Tesla will spell out precise terms of the deal when this goes live, not just referring to it as "a new battery" which GB did in his post. Personally I think just replacing an 85kwH after 8 years with a refurbished 85kwH would be really silly if there's a 120+ available, and not very good for resale. I'd love to see the option be that if you buy the highest capacity replacement option now (the $12k), you get the highest capacity battery available in 8 years (120+?), buying the lowest capacity replacement option now gets the lowest it 8 years (85?), etc. Probably unrealistic, but if so I really hope they spell out the details of how you would "move up" to a better battery in 8 years under this replacement option. Also, spell out whether we have to this at purchase or if we have some window after we get the car to decide.
Excellent idea. Or at least offer an upgrade path.