Order Model X now or wait for latest update

[Fnthawar]

Hey folks, likely a dumb question (as no one will really know the answer) but I was about to pull the trigger today on an MX but saw this tweet and wondering how quickly Tesla deploys the hardware after they ship firmware updates like this one.

green on Twitter

- Integrated inductive phone charger (Qi) for S/X cars.
- Two new S/X battery types in several configs (not yet sure of the capacity - TBD)
- new lumbar (so new seats?)
- New charge port type.
- New suspension version.
- I would speculate all these are imminent 1/

Cheers

 

[Vitaman]

Not a dumb question at all!
So I would have to say you are wrong at the start.
However you are also right! It's all guesses at this point.
If you go to S,X and 3 forums, you will occasionally find people bitter about missing out on a feature by buying too early.
But the vast majority simply enjoy their cars.

 

[Ryshaw]

Hey folks, likely a dumb question (as no one will really know the answer) but I was about to pull the trigger today on an MX but saw this tweet and wondering how quickly Tesla deploys the hardware after they ship firmware updates like this one.

green on Twitter

- Integrated inductive phone charger (Qi) for S/X cars.
- Two new S/X battery types in several configs (not yet sure of the capacity - TBD)
- new lumbar (so new seats?)
- New charge port type.
- New suspension version.
- I would speculate all these are imminent 1/

Cheers

The answer is, very quickly. They will flip the switch literally overnight on features, so you may see the inclusion of a Qi charger beginning next week, or this could be part of an interior refresh to take place in March or October (completely unfounded, but just using for the sake of illustration). That being said, all, one or none of these could be here in the coming weeks, its very hard to guess. What I would say is decide if any or all of these are things that you see as must or very nice to haves, just give it a month or two and let things play out. I certainly would have done so if I had any semblance of the MCU2 coming out just months after my MX with MCU1.

Irregardless, you’ll love the vehicle though as someone else noted above

 

[jboy210]

They are supposedly shipping a QI charger for X as an aftermarket accessory very soon. Checkout shop.tesla.com

But trying to time Tesla is a losing game. They don't have model year updates like most car manufactures. They test features and then add them to production vehicles. Cars made days apart are different. Some changes are small, others are big like the switch from MCU 1 to MCU2, change to seats, change to interior color combinations, making the $5,000 PUP standard, etc. No announcements, they just put them in.

Personally, I think the change to charging ports will take a long time, since that would require a retrofit to the Supercharger network as they had to do in Europe because the law changed. Without such pressure, Tesla would not take on that large expense.

 

[Soey22]

Even if any of these changes happen, I’d want to know if the engineers fixed the acceleration shudder design flaw.
New MX owners sadly don’t know what they buying into. But if I can share my experience that’s what I’d check before buying any new MX.

 

[Ilguy]

The wireless phone charger has already been added to the specs for the Model X ordering page so that’s new as of this week I believe. I’m waiting for the earnings call on Wednesday to see if any other X changes will be announced. Would love to see the battery change and 400 miles like the Rivian is proposing!

 

[ALLMYNE]

The wireless phone charger has already been added to the specs for the Model X ordering page so that’s new as of this week I believe. I’m waiting for the earnings call on Wednesday to see if any other X changes will be announced. Would love to see the battery change and 400 miles like the Rivian is proposing!

me not see this anywhere

 

[Ilguy]

 

[ALLMYNE]

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i must be blind, just went online to config an X and does not show this anywhere

 

[Tslacg]

I'd wait out q1 of this year to see if the changes are announced. There hasn't been a big switch up of features in a while. I would expect the 2170 batteries to be used in the X and s soon, adding charging rate and likely 20% more range.

 

[Doc Brown]

i must be blind, just went online to config an X and does not show this anywhere

it’s not on the config page. It’s on the X pages, go to specifications and then "Expand List" and you get this . . .

 

[Fnthawar]

Thanks everyone.

I currently have an order in and will stick to it unless I hear about anything significant