The Tesla Model S provides the possibility of a software upgrade battery
Owners can pay $ 3250 and immediately get + 5kW · h thanks to a software update. The
recently updated Tesla Model S electric vehicle comes with a 70 kWh battery, which actually has a capacity of 75 kWh, but part of the battery, so to speak, locked programmatically. The company sold these cars for a month, and only now it became known. How can the owner of such a machine get 5 extra kWh? Very simple - pay $ 3250 for the "unlock".
The upgrade process is completely software, and is done "by air". The company's employees need physical access to the car only in order to change the Tesla Model S 70 badge to the Tesla Model S 75 badge (done at the service center). The company's idea is simple, albeit a bit strange, to allow Tesla Model S 70 buyers to pay less by $ 3000 than Tesla Model S 75 buyers. Moreover, the hardware for both models is exactly the same. The company reasoned that not everyone needs an increased battery capacity, and those who do not need it were allowed to pay less. The difference in the distance that both models can travel offline is about 35 km.
It is not the first time when the company offers paid software unlocking of car functions. Previously, those buyers who wanted to get the Autopilot function, with a semi-autonomous computer control system, were offered to pay $ 3000. Moreover, the buyers were entitled to a month of trial tests, after which they had to pay if there was a desire to leave such a function active.
By the way, three years ago, the owners of the Tesla Model S with a battery with a capacity of 40 kWh found out that the actual battery capacity is 60 kWh, and you need to pay $ 8,500 for access to the full battery capacity . But at that time, this information went almost unnoticed, and the model itself with a small-capacity battery was quickly removed from production, adjusting instead the release of the Tesla Model S 70.
About Tesla Model S 75 became known last week.
recently updated Tesla Model S electric vehicle comes with a 70 kWh battery, which actually has a capacity of 75 kWh, but part of the battery, so to speak, locked programmatically. The company sold these cars for a month, and only now it became known. How can the owner of such a machine get 5 extra kWh? Very simple - pay $ 3250 for the "unlock".
The upgrade process is completely software, and is done "by air". The company's employees need physical access to the car only in order to change the Tesla Model S 70 badge to the Tesla Model S 75 badge (done at the service center). The company's idea is simple, albeit a bit strange, to allow Tesla Model S 70 buyers to pay less by $ 3000 than Tesla Model S 75 buyers. Moreover, the hardware for both models is exactly the same. The company reasoned that not everyone needs an increased battery capacity, and those who do not need it were allowed to pay less. The difference in the distance that both models can travel offline is about 35 km.
It is not the first time when the company offers paid software unlocking of car functions. Previously, those buyers who wanted to get the Autopilot function, with a semi-autonomous computer control system, were offered to pay $ 3000. Moreover, the buyers were entitled to a month of trial tests, after which they had to pay if there was a desire to leave such a function active.
By the way, three years ago, the owners of the Tesla Model S with a battery with a capacity of 40 kWh found out that the actual battery capacity is 60 kWh, and you need to pay $ 8,500 for access to the full battery capacity . But at that time, this information went almost unnoticed, and the model itself with a small-capacity battery was quickly removed from production, adjusting instead the release of the Tesla Model S 70.
About Tesla Model S 75 became known last week.