I bet it was BMS reset or cell/module swaps
It was not. Had nothing to do with anything technical like that. The entire company was 100% onboard with deferring to my judgement and expertise on those types of matters. As in, no "resets" or other such fake repair garbage.
Again, was a personal decision entirely on principle, and I will not elaborate more than that.
Maybe there's some extra details wk knows but Tesla constantly upgrades/updates things so probably gonna be obsolete soon anyways...
The bulk of methods I use for accessing and modifying things are un-upgradable/un-patchable... as in, Tesla would need to release and install different hardware to prevent it. Everything currently on the road would need physical changes.... except cybertruck maybe? Dunno, since I haven't looked at one like that.
There's no DIYer or other shop at that level, sadly, and I don't foresee anyone getting there either. If it was going to happen, it'd have already happened.
I can tell you're a savvy guy that is very articulate and careful. So I know you didn't get duped into a garbage contract.
Nope, the contract was fair. On the monetary side, it was not tremendously in my favor on its face. But the value to me personally of no longer having the responsibility and stress of being the one person in charge of and having to handle
everything, along with the value of consistent earnings for myself and family, made up for any deficit on the face value of the transaction itself, IMO. All of the provisions regarding confidentiality and the like would have been perfectly fine as well, had my employment contract run its term, as was everyone's intention.
I made the decision to break that (in a way permitted by the employment contract), and I am dealing with the consequences of that decision, which includes remaining bound by quite a few provisions in both contracts.
which is still pretty silly to pay when used packs from low mileage cars floating around on eBay as low as 4k
i'd take my chances with that n i have 3 tries to test my luck lol
not to mention u get to keep ur old one this way n either sell it or turn it into backup/solar setup...
I think you grossly overestimate the amount of people willing/able to go through the trouble of dealing with handling of the core pack at all, let alone actually doing something useful with it.
I had a customer (young couple) in for a pack replacement, with a partially flooded pack sadly. Some modules were electrically OK, but corroded a bit visibly, so not ones we'd refurbish/resell. Potentially good for solar or something though, still. We offered no core value on it as a result, however, since it wasn't useful to us. They decided to still move forward with a replacement, which was still way cheaper than Tesla themselves. When they went to pickup the car, we asked what they wanted to do with the core pack... they looked at each other confused for a moment before one of them was finally, "I don't think we can do anything with it?" I explained the above to them, that some of the modules probably could be used for something, but we couldn't sell them. They pondered a bit, and decided to just leave it with us. It wasn't worth the trouble of figuring out how to transport it, doing the work to extract/test the modules, sell or use them, etc. One of my techs ended up using a couple of the modules from that pack for a golf cart battery upgrade, which was cool at least.
But realistically, the average person just isn't going to deal with that type of stuff, nor would most people even have a way to do so if they wanted to.
Also, the Model 3/Y batteries are pretty useless for most things, given the form factor and voltages. Even EV conversion folks rarely want to use them. That's why they're so cheap in the first place compared to S/X modules of lower gravimetric energy density. Tons of Model 3 packs out there that no one wants.