Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supercharging for life’

Re:Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supe... by m463 on Monday April 24, 2023 @12:53PM (#35690117)

This is happening because owners are not trading in.

The people who buy new cars are different from folks who buy used cars. They are less price sensitive and are likely to trade in their car every few years.

They are the ones that keep the gravy train running.

And now they can't get the "Free Supercharging" option, and aren't buying. So telsa is trying to help them out, while ending the free supercharging.

Personally, I think one other thing telsa ended is individual controls for functions like turn signals, headlights, wipers, PRND - that sucks more than losing free supercharging. (I'm not talking about touch controls)

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Re:Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supe... by r00fus on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:57PM (#35691631)

If they want more inside sales, perhaps Tesla should actually release a new product. People who have an S don't want to "downgrade" to a 3/Y that maybe doesn't have air suspension.

Cybertruck and Roadster were supposed to be here by now. What do they expect? ZIRP allowed them to cruise along till now.

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Re:Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supe... by boppo1 on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:02PM (#35692405)

>individual controls for functions like turn signals, headlights, wipers, PRND

Wait what? Teslas have these all mapped to the same button?

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Re:Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supe... by matthew28845 on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:31PM (#35694663)

If you count them all being on the screen, then yes

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Re:Tesla tries to get owners to give up ‘unlimited free Supe... by temp2022account on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @09:39AM (#35700297)

I knew their stalks had fewer buttons, but everything? Eww. Very glad I grabbed an Elantra before it gets the axe next year, it's essentially a model 3 minus 90-degree autopilot.

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