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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by DSMan195276 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:22PM (#15210406)
It's not clear to me that the batteries in the 60kwh version aren't 'reject' batteries that weren't quite up to snuff to support the full 75. So just because Tesla pushed out this update doesn't mean that every car is actually capable of getting the full 75. Where-as the cars sold as 75 are guaranteed to reach that.

I don't know the details of Tesla's batteries exactly, but I'm pretty sure they're just use a ton of 18650s. If too many of them won't hold a charge, then instead of fixing it they can just call it a 60 rather then a 75.

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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by maxerickson on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:44PM (#15210462)
My understanding is that they offer the upgrade option to all of the 60 kwh owners.
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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by DSMan195276 on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:41AM (#15212673)
Huh, nevermind, you would be right:

https://electrek.co/2016/07/26/tesla-upgrade-software-limite...

That's a bit silly. I suppose in someways it is nice for the consumer that they have the 60kwh version if they're basically selling it close to a loss with the hope that you'll pay for the battery upgrade, but obviously it begs the question why the 75 model can't just be the same price.

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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by toomuchtodo on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:32PM (#15213524)
> but obviously it begs the question why the 75 model can't just be the same price.

Because Tesla would make less off of each 75, which is no good when you need cash to expand operations. Have to squeeze every dollar out of each sale, manufacturing and R&D costs money!

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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by maxerickson on Sunday September 10, 2017 @03:40PM (#15213911)
That's a just a fancy way of saying that they charge more because there are people willing to pay it.
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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by toomuchtodo on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:45PM (#15215752)
Correct. I'm unsure what the problem is.
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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by maxerickson on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:34PM (#15220354)
No problem. I was just providing another description of their behavior.

There usually isn't anything notable about a business approximating a rational economic actor.

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