How about upgrading Sig "A-packs" for the same 3K price as a show of appreciation for their early support of Tesla Motors! Not a huge cost and a lot of goodwill for future Sig buyers of Model X, 3, etc.
Transportation Evolved reports that upgrading from an 85 kWh to a 90 kWh pack will cost $5,000. This seems like an incredible bargain for people, like me, with A packs. Trade in my nearly 3-year old pack, with max charge of 252 miles, for a new one with 280+ miles? Yeah...
This is a good trend. I will hold out for 2 more years and then replace my 85 kw 'A' pack with a 110 kw pack. Should bring my then 230-240 range up to 350 +.
I am wondering what the price to upgrade from a 60 to 70 will be, if they even will provide that option.
Be ready to fork over in excess of 20 grand + labor for that 110 kWh pack (or much more). The 90 kWh pack makes sense despite what Elon says.
I still get like 253-256 on a full charge, so not quite ready to "upgrade", but I'm glad the path has been opened, and in a year or two, I might consider extending my range (especially if the new rated number * .7 gets me over 200 for the winter months)
Robert, I think that just applies to upgrading P85D's, and is just the mechanicals that take the car from insane to ludicrous - not an upgraded battery pack. And that $5000 does not include labor.
Tesla sees pack sizes rise by approximately 5% per year. That would mean at most a 100kWh pack in two years.
I'm probably wrong, but thought he said "5 to 10 %", and I was leaning toward the optimistic 10 %. It would be a judgement call - by then well over 100k miles and having an early MS, looking wistfully at the sensors we don't have. So may be just time to trade in.
I would say 5% is optimistic (Elon's Three Dog Day blog post says 5%). The unreleased Roadster 3.0 upgrade is an increase of 3.6% a year (56 kWh to 70 kWh and 7 years from 2008 to 2015). The 90 kWh battery is an increase of 2.0% per year (85 kWh to 90 kWh and 3 years from 2012 to 2015).
That would assume a linear increase, and I see no reason why it would continue the same trend moving forward. For instance, I assume the Gigafactory will play a roll in the projected increases.
No you don't. You don't want a 90 pack. You want a late 85 pack. The 90 packs have the silicon a-node and it causes severe charging degradation early in life. The 90 packs are a pig in a poke.