Everything else is wrong, while I'm not sure of the legality, this isn't very ethical from your standpoint.
You owe them the money for last month, you owe them the money for this month. Unless you went out and spend last months money (which you shouldn't have, because you knew sooner or later they'd come get it), why do they need to spread it over the next few months?
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Not disputing I owe them money, however I have a confirmation email from Tesla that indicates zero action is needed on my part and that all charges will be automatically debited As to legality they have agreed to the ACH and the schedule. My responsibility is payment. However, if they mis-process information and result in them not receiving or processing payment properly I am not liable for late fees or lump sum due if it takes them 3 months to determine they have an issue. As I lawyer I read every single line of their responsibilities and mine. In terms of spending last months money, I am very careful with my budgets but we are approaching a holiday season and I do not want to deal with that double amount. If you look at the list of things they have screwed up so far with this car and the process they can figure out a way to break the payments up as a courtesy if nothing else. Not my fault one of their Finance people confirmed they put it in the system and then never did. No way they are going to survive the Model 3 numbers if they don't get their act together.
YIKES! Is it too late to just return the car?? Or exchange it for something comparable? Man, this has been one tough journey for you.
Believe me I have considered it and thought about looking at my contract again.
Frankly, at this point I would look into what needs to be done for you to hand it back over.
They likely will try and fight tooth and nail to keep me in the lease.
It sounds like you had a long list of issues. Did the SC fix anything? Did they do the battery swap?
They supposedly did the battery swap, though according to the invoice they did everything else too. I refused to sign the paperwork as most was not completed.