Premium Connectivity cost $9.99/month for many Model 3 versions

[Ludalicious]

I thought premium connectivity was supposed to be free? Attached my order info and thought the $5k premium upgrades was supposed to have live traffic and streaming. I didn't get an email for ours but my parents got the same car and have to pay.

I don't see in that screenshot where it says free connectivity for life. Maybe premium meant additional features.

 

[happyzod]

It was always said on features page, here's from Oct 2018

Yes what he missed was the colon after premium connectivity. It's actually pretty easy to miss since there is no bullet points and nothing is shifted to the right.

 

[dwharrison]

What surprised me was that the post indicated we all the traffic routing feature even without premium connectivity (we just dont see the visualization of what we are being routed around).

If you’re ever somewhere without cellular data, you’ll actually get a message that it’s routing you without the use of live traffic data.

 

[lolder]

The free premium was included if you configured and ordered before midnight June 30, 2018. Are those of you with the trial checking to see if the features are enabled either in the menu or tapping the icon on the screen?

 

[Waverider317]

The free premium was included if you configured and ordered before midnight June 30, 2018. Are those of you with the trial checking to see if the features are enabled either in the menu or tapping the icon on the screen?

I'm trying by checking for the icons on the maps screen. There are NO icons for traffic or sat view. Only supercharged

 

[Matt L]

The free premium was included if you configured and ordered before midnight June 30, 2018. Are those of you with the trial checking to see if the features are enabled either in the menu or tapping the icon on the screen?

Yeah, I think this is right. Thanks for the clarity

 

[northWETwa]

Just woke up to this email as well.....maybe it's the lack of sufficient morning coffee, but I found it a bit confusing......????

Under "Will there be a trial period for Premium Connectivity?" it reads:
For all Model S, Model X and Model 3 with Premium Interior ordered on or after July 1, 2018, a Premium Connectivity trial is provided for one year, beginning at the delivery date. After the trial ends, Premium Connectivity will be available as a subscription via your Tesla Account.

Like many many others, we (thought we) ordered our M3 in April 2016, following the release reveal?? So are we all considered "pre-July 1??"

 

[Matt L]

Just woke up to this email as well.....maybe it's the lack of sufficient morning coffee, but I found it a bit confusing......????

Under "Will there be a trial period for Premium Connectivity?" it reads:
For all Model S, Model X and Model 3 with Premium Interior ordered on or after July 1, 2018, a Premium Connectivity trial is provided for one year, beginning at the delivery date. After the trial ends, Premium Connectivity will be available as a subscription via your Tesla Account.

Like many many others, we (thought we) ordered our M3 in April 2016, following the release reveal?? So are we all considered "pre-July 1??"

Nah...that was a reservation. Ordering is when you actually configured and put down the order money.

 

[seattlite2004]

GMs OnStar is more expensive... No one I know ever subscribes....cuz they just use Android Auto or Carplay to cast their phones on their screens... easy peasy.

 

[dwharrison]

Did anyone in Canada get this email yet?

I haven’t and it doesn’t show in my account either.

 

[Matt L]

GMs OnStar is more expensive... No one I know ever subscribes....cuz they just use Android Auto or Carplay to cast their phones on their screens... easy peasy.

Also, many of the best features of Onstar are still free with Tesla.

 

[northWETwa]

Well shoot. That stinks. 2+ years of waiting. Deferred 1st config invite to wait even longer for DM to come available.

Off to drown my disappointment in more caffeine......

 

[seattlite2004]

Remote everything via OnStar is still free for GM folks. Unsure of the value added stuff with the OnStar sub... guess they weren't compelling enough to justify a subscription since most folks cast their phone to their screens without OnStar.

 

[Xenoilphobe]

It had been speculated that to keep our premium connectivity package Tesla would charge $100 a year. But, I got an email from them saying they want $9.99 a month ($119.88 a year). This kind of rubs me the wrong way, especially since I paid a premium for my AWD LR Model 3. Some might say the almost $20 more a year isn't that much. Maybe, but remember that subscription based anything, always ends up with increases every year. And part of the reason I bought a Tesla, was to lower my overall cost to drive.

Thats it?

 

[SigNC]

9.99 seems fair but I also would like a yearly option at $100 with the understanding it’s non refundable.

 

[techdash]

This shouldn't require a software update. Just an update to the car configuration like an autopilot or FSD purchase. They just need to set the existing configuration options of FEATURE_satelliteMapTilesEnabled and FEATURE_trafficMapTilesEnabled to true in the gateway configuration. I'd guess they're still working out the backend method of doing that.

 

[Eno Deb]

Nobody likes paying more money, but traffic visualization and Spotify over LTE make it worth it to me (although it bites a little that I would have gotten it for free if I had ordered a few weeks earlier back in 2018). Also happy that they are apparently making Netflix/Hulu over LTE permanent for subscribers (used it a few times on boring supercharging breaks). I doubt that they are making much if any money on this given that they have to pay AT&T for the data.

 

[Wennfred]

Nope, nothing yet, I checked to see if there were new settings. So maybe later.

BTW, someone had asked if we SR+ can get the Sat Nav & Live Traffic Visual. I remember when I hacked in by looking for hiding Easter eggs, I got all premium screen features for like 5 or 10 minutes.

Here’s a picture of it on my SR+ Will post it later when I get WiFi.

Fred

 

[diamond.g]

So I wonder what the VIN cutoff is. When my first car was deemed totaled, I tried to get them to move the connectivity to the new car, but they said it was tied to the VIN and couldn't.

 

[jkoya]

My 2016 Volt came with 3 free years of Premium OnStar and Sirius. I let them both lapse when the free trial ended - although I miss the ability to send a destination to the factory nav. The Volt does have Apple CarPlay, but it has a very slow response time to everything, so I never use it. I knew the premium subscription was coming when I took delivery of my 3 Performance last December, so I am okay with it and subscribed this morning.....