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Tesla had preorders for lower capacities and chose to honor the deal and charge for the extra capacity instead of build another smaller battery pack. They could
by post_break 9y ago
Tesla had preorders for lower capacities and chose to honor the deal and charge for the extra capacity instead of build another smaller battery pack. They could have told people who preordered the smaller one to pucker up. They also probably have over provisioning so they could in theory enable more capacity in an emergency.
- advisedwang 9y agoOr they could have given those people a free upgrade. It would have cost them nothing except the opportunity to try and wring more money out of customers.
- post_break 9y agoBusinesses don't really survive when they give things for free.
- nopzor 9y agoleaving money on the table aside, wouldn't that have annoyed the people that paid more for the higher range? ie. their best customers?