breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
Pretty confidant in your prediction, aren't you?
Well I suspect if I'm wrong I'm not going to be around to find out.
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Pretty confidant in your prediction, aren't you?
but that it will be required for service (paid) for cars outside of warranty.
I don't get this. Why would it be required for cars out of warranty?
I don't get this. Why would it be required for cars out of warranty?
Oh, it's widely rumored that Tesla will discontinue the "free" cellular service after the warranty expires and make it a paid service. It has nothing directly to do with the warranty, per se.
I expect that Tesla will continue to support the Nav app on the 17" screen, without a fee.
To do otherwise would "cause" much range anxiety.
The estimated energy usage is now a very important part of the car.
Oh, it's widely rumored that Tesla will discontinue the "free" cellular service after the warranty expires and make it a paid service. It has nothing directly to do with the warranty, per se.
Since we're on predictons now, I posit that Tesla's upgrade kit will cost way too much money for what it is, but that it will be required for service (paid) for cars outside of warranty.
I don't get this. Why would it be required for cars out of warranty?
What I'm saying is that I think Tesla will not give you PAID service once they discontinue the 4-year freebie unless you upgrade to LTE. (It's cheaper for them.) I also think they will charge a lot to get this upgrade. If anything, because it's pretty difficult to pull apart the center display to gain access to the modem.
Obviously, Tesla cannot require you to do anything outside of warranty, it's your car. If you want the wireless tech to keep working, you either have to do what they say, or go the route of a WiFi hotspot. (Or just use your phone)
That logic just doesn't make any sense. You're saying that as a customer, if someone wants FREE (what you're calling 'PAID') service from Tesla, Tesla is going to require you to pay full cost for the upgrade to the LTE modem. I'm sure the cost of such an upgrade would dwarf the cost of the customer just continuing to pay for the 3G service available.
So, what you're saying is, down the road Tesla is going to give you one of two choices for cellular access in the car:
Choice 1: Pay $$$$$ for a hardware upgrade to the LTE modem to continue receiving free cellular service paid for by Tesla.
Choice 2: Pay $ to use to continue to use the existing 3G modem in your car.
Yeah, tough choice.
Well, it's just a prediction, anything is possible.
I'm saying you'll have to pay to upgrade to LTE, then pay a service fee to get service. Pay and Pay. No free anything.
There was a rumor that cars being built March onwards will have LTE. If you are seeing it, then thats awesome!
What kind of Model S did you get?
Well, then, I still don't understand. If you're saying TM will make you pay for the LTE hardware upgrade AND the service, what exactly are you saying is going to be required for out of warranty cars? The car is always going to need some sort of cellular connection to make the phone apps work, as well as telemetry back to HQ. So even if you don't pay for service (3G or LTE) it's still going to have/need a connection. Like you said, they can't require you to get an LTE upgrade, so what's your point? If and when 3G goes away (which I don't think is actually going to happen any time soon, heck, there's still areas with EDGE out there), TM is going to have to upgrade the entire fleet (at their cost) to maintain the base functionality of the car sold to their early customers with 3G.