Options Revealed in Survey?

[Duke Eagle]

While standing in line yesterday morning at the Tesla store in Washington DC, a Tesla employee walked through and asked people to answer a survey. It had a lot of standard questions like:

what type of car do you currently have?
what other cars did you consider?
what features did you find most appealing?

But it also had a question about how interested would you be in certain options -- and included prices. I did not pay lots of attention or try to write it down, because I expected those options to be part of the reveal last night. Or at least revealed in a press release later. It could be that they were preliminary, but I thought it was very interesting. The ones that I remember were:

Extended battery -- $18,000
Winter package -- $1000
All-wheel drive -- (I can't remember if it was $2500 or $5000)
Autopilot -- (I can't remember if it was $2500 or $5000)

There were also a couple of others. Did anyone else see this? Any one write it down?

 

[eSpiritIV]

This is interesting. AWD and autopilot for me

 

[rcarpen22]

I've already mentally spec'd out my car based on the reveal and the information from the Tesla rep in the periscope test drive. Mine will be:

Red
Dual motor
base battery
AP
Cold weather package

Pretty much just like my MS, only red. I am really happy to hear that cold weather package will be an option. I super love the heated steering wheel on my S. I'm also happy to hear that awd and rwd are available. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Foxhound199]

$18000? We could almost buy our own ship for that! Seriously, though, it's strange that the cost of a battery upgrade would be significantly more than it is for the Model S.

 

[BoldSharpe]

$18000? We could almost buy our own ship for that! Seriously, though, it's strange that the cost of a battery upgrade would be significantly more than it is for the Model S.

Agreed. That is out of control expensive considering a new pack for the S costs just north of $20K right now... Pre-Giga Factory.

 

[zdre]

$18000? We could almost buy our own ship for that! Seriously, though, it's strange that the cost of a battery upgrade would be significantly more than it is for the Model S.

That will probably be $8,000 or less... definitely not $18,000

 

[rcarpen22]

$18000? We could almost buy our own ship for that! Seriously,

Who's gonna fly it kid, you?

 

[ljbad4life]

Agreed. That is out of control expensive considering a new pack for the S costs just north of $20K right now... Pre-Giga Factory.

Going from a Model S 70D to a 90D is 13k,that 18k is a bit too much. 10-13k is what I expect. Unless the upgrade is a huge improvement in range (300+)

The rest of the options are spot on price wise from what we've seen from Tesla

 

[Lesifass]

Extended battery -- $18,000

Damn! I hope that's not the final price. At an estimated cost of $200/kWh, that's enough to produce a 90kWh battery, in addition to the battery already included with the Model 3. Sure, Tesla might try to increase the average selling price …

I was expecting less than $10k for the battery upgrade. If that's not available at the price, I'll probably skip that option. I don't care about most other options, only cold weather package and Autopilot might be worth it for me.

 

[Gizmotoy]

Maybe it was "Performance model with extended battery"? That'd potentially be more inline with a $18k option. We already know that battery size factors in heavily to performance, and that there will be a Model 3 faster than the quoted sub-6s 0-60, so perhaps they're pairing those up.

 

[Trev Page]

Doug Field (product lead) mentions a few things will be optional in the 3:

Fixed glass
Metal roof
Pano roof

 

[Beryl]

My fully loaded Model Ξ that I hope will come in under $65,000 will include
Extended battery - highest available
Dual chargers (if the single charger is less than 72A)
AP
Pano
AWD
Model S equivalent feature(s) that adds powerlifting and additional lightning
Black wheels
Upgraded sound

2 things I'm still contemplating:
- Performance - not sure I want this if it cannot be shut off completely to increase range
- Prefer the 1st gen textile seats but I may go with 2nd (or 3rd) gen seats if it will expedite delivery.