checking in on the to-do list: real world demo, specs, prices (a la carte, please!), warranty...:frown:
Seven months hence from my post above, we've got a la carte and we've got a price (for battery part).
Open items:
- specs, warranty, TIMING on 3.0 battery
- price, specs, warranty, TIMING on 3.0 aero
- price, specs, warranty, TIMING on 3.0 wheel bearing/tire options
- any other real world demo data that makes this all sound really cool
Overall, I'm happy this is here. Anyone who loses a pack outside of warranty has this option for sure, and it doesn't cost $40k, and it gives 35% more range than original. (That person also has increased chance of getting a perfectly good refurb pack instead, with capacity for say 150-180 miles on standard charge, surely for less than $29k...??).
I was kinda guessing/hoping the $29k zone or slightly lower would cover the full 3.0 package (battery/aero/etc), so price is a bit higher than what I was initially prepared to go on a pure battery upgrade. Unless there's a real incentive (credit TBD) for trading in a perfectly good old pack, the 3.0 pack is just better certainty on what a replacement pack would cost in the event of failure in my current pack. (Still very helpful, much less sexy. As a good colleague once said, better than a sharp stick in the eye).
Like many others, with all the time to get here, I strangely need still more time (and more info) to sort it out for myself.
