It's Tesla decisions like this that remind me that Tesla's head has grown just too big.
Sell $100,000+++ car and cheap out by not including a $200 portable charger. Now, they're cheaping out further by no longer selling the Model S & X with a $175 key fob. This, despite knowing that the majority want a key fob, noting how many complained about the phone and key card being the only options for the Model 3.
Sure the $375 combined for these items can easily be afforded by anyone purchasing an S or X, but come on Tesla, it's decisions like this that just piss people off for no reason. Charge $375 more for the car if you have to. $100,000 price tag and up, nobody is going to notice. But they're going to notice that they don't have a way to charge the car when they get it home and that they have to deal with the PITA phone as a key or key card instead of a simple passive key fob that never requires a second thought.
Fortunately, not an issue for me as many of their prior decisions finally forced me out of a Tesla after 9 consecutive years in multiple Tesla's. But, even if I was still in the market for one, this is just about principle more than it is anything else. Especially on a $100,000++ car. Pisses me off and I'm not going to be impacted by it. Again, just the principle of it. It further drives a stake between myself and ever owning a Tesla again. What's next, the battery going to be sold separately too?
As far as I'm aware, and I could be wrong, but I believe that every other EV (besides Tesla's) on the planet sold, comes with a portable charger and a key fob. If not all, then certainly most.
I really do feel that Tesla is in for a rude awakening in the not too distant future. Others are catching up. With the economy slowing, buying habits are going to change (already are). That combined with now viable competitive alternatives available, Tesla's "because we can" attitude is going to have to change as customers will start saying "NO MORE".
For now, they still have more orders than what they can produce, so they don't give a crap. But, it will change. And not in the all that distant future.
Tesla Stops Selling Model S And X With Key Fobs
Sell $100,000+++ car and cheap out by not including a $200 portable charger. Now, they're cheaping out further by no longer selling the Model S & X with a $175 key fob. This, despite knowing that the majority want a key fob, noting how many complained about the phone and key card being the only options for the Model 3.
Sure the $375 combined for these items can easily be afforded by anyone purchasing an S or X, but come on Tesla, it's decisions like this that just piss people off for no reason. Charge $375 more for the car if you have to. $100,000 price tag and up, nobody is going to notice. But they're going to notice that they don't have a way to charge the car when they get it home and that they have to deal with the PITA phone as a key or key card instead of a simple passive key fob that never requires a second thought.
Fortunately, not an issue for me as many of their prior decisions finally forced me out of a Tesla after 9 consecutive years in multiple Tesla's. But, even if I was still in the market for one, this is just about principle more than it is anything else. Especially on a $100,000++ car. Pisses me off and I'm not going to be impacted by it. Again, just the principle of it. It further drives a stake between myself and ever owning a Tesla again. What's next, the battery going to be sold separately too?
As far as I'm aware, and I could be wrong, but I believe that every other EV (besides Tesla's) on the planet sold, comes with a portable charger and a key fob. If not all, then certainly most.
I really do feel that Tesla is in for a rude awakening in the not too distant future. Others are catching up. With the economy slowing, buying habits are going to change (already are). That combined with now viable competitive alternatives available, Tesla's "because we can" attitude is going to have to change as customers will start saying "NO MORE".
For now, they still have more orders than what they can produce, so they don't give a crap. But, it will change. And not in the all that distant future.
Tesla Stops Selling Model S And X With Key Fobs
Tesla Stops Selling Model S And X With Key Fobs
Tesla is no longer including key fobs as standard on the Tesla Model S and X. The cost-cutting move came into effect on July 1.
insideevs.com