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Some Tesla features are written into contracts and some are not. For example, Tesla is not charging anyone for cellphone service for the car. That's not written
by greglindahl 9y ago
Some Tesla features are written into contracts and some are not. For example, Tesla is not charging anyone for cellphone service for the car. That's not written into the contract, but they kinda have to provide it for free: they need access to vehicle logs for roadside service, and the car needs software updates for safety reasons.
As an owner, I have absolutely no idea what the contract ever said about supercharging. I also know that this change doesn't affect me, other than making it more likely that I can supercharge without waiting.
- cma 9y agoIt hurts your resale value.
- greglindahl 9y agoIt might increase my resale value, if most buyers are like me (not commercial owners who always supercharge.) Which they are.
- Vik1ng 9y agoAnd? For those nothing changes, but overall there will be less demand.
- greglindahl 9y agoLess congestion at superchargers == more value.
- sjwright 9y agoThat's irrelevant, legally speaking. Car companies can do plenty of things that hurt your resale value which are completely legal. They do it every time they lower the price, or bundle in more standard features. They do it every time they release the next model. They do it when hidden engineering short-cuts mean expensive repairs are necessary a few years after the warranty expires...
- Reason077 9y agoUntil 2016, Tesla vehicles were marketed and sold with "unlimited, free for life" supercharging, with "life" meaning the lifetime of the car. Obviously Tesla can change change their terms however they like on new vehicles that they sell. However, to now go and retroactively remove/restrict this benefit when pre-2016 vehicles are resold seems wrong.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoAt least in Norway I suspect that it is also illegal.
- sjwright 9y agoUnlikely. I very much doubt any country would forcibly allow any parties to a contract sell their side of a contractual arrangement to any other third party. And even if they were, I very much doubt Tesla's supercharging service T&Cs explicitly guarantee anything to anyone.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoTeslas in Norway were until recently sold with free supercharging for the life of the car. It follows the car not the owner. It is presented in the documentation as a feature of the car along the same lines as the fact that it is four wheel drive not as a contract term. I'm not a lawyer but I suspect the courts here would take a dim view of that being unilaterally removed.
- sjwright 9y agoSelling an iPhone does not entail selling of the sim card and carrier service previously associated with it. The supercharging is a service, not a product.
- rando444 9y agoThe people doing this are abusing the system and trying to take their benefit and sell it for profit.