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Another benefit is that "completely unmodified" Model S vehicles become increasingly rare, and thus valuable to collectors.Benefit to the Model S owner is that this avoids the typical drop in a car's resale when a new model year is introduced.
Actually, it would be nice for Tesla to do away with traditional model year updates all together. Just have one Model S and continually update and refine the hard- and software. Tesla is uniquely able to do this because they do practically 100% of the production in house, allowing them to make changes at any point in time.
Benefit to the Model S owner is that this avoids the typical drop in a car's resale when a new model year is introduced.
How will Tesla sell more cars to prior Model S owners then?! It's the nature of the beast; as a manufacturer, Tesla would make more of a margin on a new car sale than on several paid-for retrofits/upgrades.
And, prior owners - if they have a positive ownership experience - would most likely be loyal and spring for a shiny new Tesla (with hard-/software *not* available as upgrades) a few years later.
How will Tesla sell more cars to prior Model S owners then?! It's the nature of the beast; as a manufacturer, Tesla would make more of a margin on a new car sale than on several paid-for retrofits/upgrades.
And, prior owners - if they have a positive ownership experience - would most likely be loyal and spring for a shiny new Tesla (with hard-/software *not* available as upgrades) a few years later.
I suspect, after a while, one might need to pay for software updates. Say, a 1.0 car getting a 5.0 update or something. They can package the hardware and software updates and make more revenue off those folks.
Here is a really refined car:
EU cars have their 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 3.0 designations since ever. Usually it's the ICE displacement volume in liters, so a badge "Model S 2.0" would be really misleading.
Isn't that a U.S. vehicle? I thought the German delivery vehicles don't have the "gaudy" numbers on the back?
Isn't that a U.S. vehicle? I thought the German delivery vehicles don't have the "gaudy" numbers on the back?
Also, the 6.9 is a statistic (engine characteristic) not a version number so I'm not sure how this connects to the current discussion.