Upgrading Sig "A-packs" to 90 kWh

joefee · Jul 17, 2015

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.

DrGuest · Jul 17, 2015

gg_got_a_tesla · Jul 17, 2015

+1. You all deserve it.

Robert.Boston · Jul 17, 2015

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...

supratachophobia · Jul 17, 2015

I would be severely interested in a new 90kw pack for $3-5k.

smartypnz · Jul 17, 2015

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 +.

Rifleman · Jul 17, 2015

I am wondering what the price to upgrade from a 60 to 70 will be, if they even will provide that option.

apacheguy · Jul 17, 2015

smartypnz said:
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 +.

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.

AnOutsider · Jul 17, 2015

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)

Tedkidd · Jul 17, 2015

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.

schonelucht · Jul 18, 2015

smartypnz said:
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 +.

Tesla sees pack sizes rise by approximately 5% per year. That would mean at most a 100kWh pack in two years.

smartypnz · Jul 18, 2015

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.

MostlyStock · Jul 18, 2015

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).

JohnSnowNW · Jul 18, 2015

MostlyStock said:
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.

mknox · Jul 20, 2015

... seems to suggest you can.

AnOutsider · Jul 20, 2015

Doesn't say ALL existing owners though.

mknox · Jul 20, 2015

AnOutsider said:
Doesn't say ALL existing owners though.

:biggrin:

Similar discussion in another thread about how Sigs can't do battery swaps either.

AnOutsider · Jul 20, 2015

mknox said:
:biggrin:

Similar discussion in another thread about how Sigs can't do battery swaps either.

Lol yeah, but sigs aside, it's Tesla. We should know to add asterisks for them on most statements.

Piney999 · Dec 30, 2017

Man, I still wish this would happen. I search for this all the time.

Naonak · Dec 31, 2017

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.

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