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> I have trouble putting my finger on exactly why this feels wrong, but to me, the idea of buying a car - buying anything that has hardware in it that I have t

> I have trouble putting my finger on exactly why this feels wrong, but to me, the idea of buying a car - buying anything that has hardware in it that I have to pay extra to activate, it just seems wrong. I suppose it's the sense of wastefulness, or perhaps the idea that the extra widget could break and take down other things along with it. Wastefulness may be distasteful, and you are welcome to boycott companies you feel are wasteful, but I don't think wastefulness should be a crime. If it's cheaper for Tesla to store unusable battery cell tech in your car than to throw it in a landfill, do we really want to make the landfill the cheaper option?

brokenmachine 6y ago
> If it's cheaper for Tesla to store unusable battery cell tech in your car than to throw it in a landfill, do we really want to make the landfill the cheaper option? The end result is the same, isn't it? An unused battery cell that is driven around until the car is scrapped and goes to landfill. The case could even be made that carrying that extra weight for the lifetime of the car is more wasteful than throwing it away at the start. I think more likely, if such wastage were a crime or at least financially discouraged, Tesla would do the obvious thing and just design a more modular battery with a way for them to either install or not install the extra battery cell, which is a much more desirable outcome than the current situation of wasting battery cells. Wasting the planet's finite resources should be discouraged, either by law or financial disincentives.