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Is there an official source for this news?
I could see the 60 and 85 packs being used for the Model 3. If the Model 3 is starting at $35K then a 60, but a range extension upgrade gets you a 85kk for $10K more.
Model 3 Base - 60Kw - $35K
Model 3 Upgrade/Fully Loaded - 85Kw - $55K
Model S Base - 70Kw - $65K
Model S Upgrade/Fully Loaded - 90Kw - $100K
gives you a good range (price and distance) for both models.
Not happy about this news. Now our 85's will be obsolete. I would hope that there will be an upgrade plan in the works for current 85 owners.
The point I was trying to make was in regards to the value of the vehicle. It does significantly change the desired make and options a buyer will be looking for, new or used. This will directly impact the value of the option being replaced.
removing the 85 pack from the line hardly makes the car obsolete!
The Model S has been continually changing since it was introduced, this is just another incremental change.
Looking at it the other way - your car was obsolete the moment it rolled of the line and again when you bought it.
It grows more and more obsolete as each day passes.
But so does every other car out there
Buying a car is a consumer expense not a investment or asset. When you want a loan at the bank and say you have a $100k car, the bank puts it on record, but amounts to jacks**t unless they start looking at repossessing.
The point I was trying to make was in regards to the value of the vehicle. It does significantly change the desired make and options a buyer will be looking for, new or used. This will directly impact the value of the option being replaced.
This is exactly the pattern for major hardware upgrades which I recommended to Tesla after the consternation over the release of the "Autopilot hardware" models. Keeps people happy enough. Also uses up the old parts stock.Re-discontinuing the 85 and its impact, as of right now, the value proposition hasn't actually changed. They are still charging you the 3k upgrade price from the 85 to the 90. Your 85 won't truly lose obsolesce value until they drop the price of the 90. Then, you can complain about it... and by that point it will have been gone for a while.
Consider, the 90 was only first available 7 months ago. They have dropped the 85 from the picture now, and I wouldn't be surprised to see the price drop within another 3-5 months.
Yeah -- I actually will probably buy a used car after this car starts conking out. This was not actually an option when I was ordering the car *a year before the first one was manufactured* and when there were literally no other long-range EVs on the market. But when I finally sell this one I'll probably get a used BEV.If you are going to complain at that point about something that happened initially almost 1 year ago then I don't know what you want? I was told since I was a very young lad that the worst hit is driving the car off the lot, which is why growing up my parents refused to ever buy new.