Time to press Pause on order waiting for Battery Day + new Gigafactory announcements?

[rxlawdude]

What I think would go VERY far with current and future owners is a promise that upgraded battery packs will be made available to all current vehicles with new battery technology where we get a prorated credit for recycling the existing pack and getting a return on the investment of upgrading to new packs with new tech, boosting range and/or performance while increasing the value of our vehicles and extending their lives.

I don't think that's in Tesla's DNA.

 

[empiredown]

What I think would go VERY far with current and future owners is a promise that upgraded battery packs will be made available to all current vehicles with new battery technology where we get a prorated credit for recycling the existing pack and getting a return on the investment of upgrading to new packs with new tech, boosting range and/or performance while increasing the value of our vehicles and extending their lives.

Did you watch the YT vid in post #8 above?

SS

 

[Scooby24]

Did you watch the YT vid in post #8 above?

SS

I had watched about 22 minutes of it...just kept watching and made it to 29 minutes where they suggest this same concept and I wholeheartedly agree.

Existing vehicle values wouldn't tank, IMO, if there was an understanding that for say....5-10k you could get the upgraded pack. It would not be worth the same as a model that already had the new pack, but it wouldn't tank as much as I would assume it would without that option available.

 

[theganjaguru]

If you have the luxury to press pause and wait a year, go for it. Tesla has rarely introduced a product and made it immediately available.i need a car very soon so I won’t wait. FWIW, ordering a Y now and you may already have the ability to at least go vehicle to grid. Like they say unsaid in the video, you can upgrade the battery rather than buy a new car.

Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features - Electrek

 

[TechnoMage]

Tesla is currently battery constrained. IF they make the new batteries available in existing models (which I doubt), it will be to provide the same range at lower part cost. In US in particular no incentive to lower price at this time. I would expect CT to get it first, thus my orders for those.

 

[Croathlete]

I expect the million mile battery to be exclusively for the Tesla Semi to start, slowly trickle down to S, X, and roadster, and finally years later to Y, 3, and cybertruck.

 

[NY_Rob]

I don't think either the S or X will ever see the Million Mile Battery as I imagine both their days are numbered at this point.

 

[Croathlete]

I don't think either the S or X will ever see the Million Mile Battery as I imagine both their days are numbered at this point.

The S and X are their most profitable cars. There's no reason to stop selling them as long as people are buying.

 

[NY_Rob]

I had thought the 3 and Y were designed from the ground up to be more profitable then the S and X (especially the complicated X)?