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There is actually a second catch here. A Software locked 90>60 gets less range than a native 60kWh car for the exact reason why your binning example makes no se

There is actually a second catch here. A Software locked 90>60 gets less range than a native 60kWh car for the exact reason why your binning example makes no sense here. Tesla is building the same packs and locking down the hardware via software with no yield reason but more importantly, in binning a 6 core part is a 8 Core part with a defect or not. A 60kWh battery is not a defective 90kWh pack at all, it's an entirely different component weighing hundreds of pounds less. the 90kWh pack cars eat tires faster, have worse MPGe, and overall are Ewaste.

mlyle 4y ago
> A Software locked 90>60 gets less range than a native 60kWh Yah, a little less, this is true. It also is less damaged by charging to 100%, has better regen, charges faster, and can be expected to have a much better lifespan. You could make a lot of arguments both ways for which one is better. > A 60kWh battery is not a defective 90kWh pack at all, The point I'm making is that most 6 core parts are 8 core parts with no defect, so the distinction becomes an artificial one for the purpose of price discrimination rather quickly. > locking down the hardware via software with no yield reason In addition to the market segmentation reason, there's also the much-better-warranty-yields reason, and the less-need-to-predict-what-buyers-will-want reason.