pvogel
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Wow... Disastrous? There are a few things in this world that I reserve for the word DISASTROUS... This being far from it. I am only repeating what I have heard from top engineers and feel its something people may be interested in. Should I just keep it quiet? I personally would want to know this information. I am pretty sure this is what this forum was created for. You need a reality check bud. This is a CAR. Yes, a special one but lets leave the word disastrous for things that really earn the meaning.
I will continue to be honest about any thing I find out that could be helpful to people... I certainly won't stop you or others from doing the same regardless of rather I disagree or not.
I did seriously try to come up with a better word than disastrous as I agree it overstates things a bit. But, honestly, if you bought a nearly 150K car and had, on the advice of someone on the forums, chosen to save 1K at purchase on an option you didn't think you'd need, but 6 months or a year down the road realized that you'll need to be able to take advantage of a destination charger at a restaurant to bridge you over to a supercharger on a road trip and went to upgrade to 72A and realized -- uh, oh, no way to do that... it would, at that moment, feel like a pretty monumentally bad mistake.
I'm all for speculation and rumor, but you continue to speak of this SW upgradability of the charger as though it's a fact, when many of us have been told by people who should know as well as the people you have spoken with that the charger CANNOT be upgraded by software and is a build-time choice that cannot be changed later. So at least admit that it's your speculation, or a rumor with some backing from Tesla personnel that has equal authority saying the opposite.
I maintain that if you want a 72A charger, the only way to be certain of getting a 72A charger is to add it as an option to the car when you configure!