Tesla Prepares To Turn Heated Front Seats and Wipers Into Paid Features

[lowtek]

Oh they are definitely not opposed to that

Huh?

 

[davelloydbrown]

I believe this article is just click-bait.

However when the MS first started, super charging was free and when I got my M3 in 2018, the cellular connection was free and now there is a charge.

 

[HaulingAss]

Subscription based pricing gone amok.

Huh? Has nothing to do with subscription-based pricing and everything to do with being able to pick and choose what you want and what you don't (and not having to pay for those you don't).

 

[HaulingAss]

I believe this article is just click-bait.

However when the MS first started, super charging was free and when I got my M3 in 2018, the cellular connection was free and now there is a charge.

We have two 2018 Model 3's that came with free premium cellular connectivity and they still have it. We have one that did not come with free premium cellular connectivity, and it still doesn't have it.

I have a 2018 Performance Model 3 that came with free unlimited Supercharging and, as expected, it still has free unlimited Supercharging.

Just as one would expect. I don't understand those who imply Tesla takes away things you should have. It seems like fake rage, based upon nothing.

 

[davelloydbrown]

We have two 2018 Model 3's that came with free premium cellular connectivity and they still have it. We have one that did not come with free premium cellular connectivity, and it still doesn't have it.

I have a 2018 Performance Model 3 that came with free unlimited Supercharging and, as expected, it still has free unlimited Supercharging.

Just as one would expect. I don't understand those who imply Tesla takes away things you should have. It seems like fake rage, based upon nothing.

yes I agree, my cellular connection is still free but there is a charge for new owners.

 

[cvalue13]

Don’t forget Tesla sells/sold cars with software-locked range/pack utilization

yes, that’s a one-time fee not a subscription, but I’m speaking only to the suggestions that Tesla is somehow above letting people drive cars with software locked functionality. Letting battery capacity sit idol is maybe the most extreme version of it

 

[CyberGus]

Don’t forget Tesla sells/sold cars with software-locked range/pack utilization

yes, that’s a one-time fee not a subscription, but I’m speaking only to the suggestions that Tesla is somehow above letting people drive cars with software locked functionality. Letting battery capacity sit idol is maybe the most extreme version of it

Well technically, capping your battery capacity reduces degradation…? So, yay?

 

[CyberGus]

Every new PC has all of the necessary hardware to run Microsoft Office, and yet they make you pay a software license fee to unlock this functionality.

What jerks!

 

[rodmacpherson]

might integrate an electronic toll device, as the user interface has been updated to allow controlling it.
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They must be different from the toll devices I am used to. what controls do you need? The ones we have in Ontario just sit there and beeps when you get off the toll road.

 

[Arctic_White]

Well, there's no evidence they're doing it as an ongoing subscription. That's just the writer's take.

-Crissa

And a real dumb take as well as Tesla has actually turned on heated seats for free on some base models in Canada.

 

[SolarWizard]

Huh?

Parking sensors and summong sure are mia

 

[LoneWolfO6]

Well guess it’s as dumb to pay $2.99 to $9.99 for Apple cloud to have access to the same photos you already have saved on your iPhone?!

 

[Ian Vantreight]

If Tesla is going to be that 'Money Hungry', that will be one more check on my 'Don't Buy List' for me and will to go to a different EV Truck.

 

[Gurule92]

Don’t forget Tesla sells/sold cars with software-locked range/pack utilization

yes, that’s a one-time fee not a subscription, but I’m speaking only to the suggestions that Tesla is somehow above letting people drive cars with software locked functionality. Letting battery capacity sit idol is maybe the most extreme version of it

So I dared to question papa Elon before I got off Twitter and what got me in hot water with die hards (who apparently die harder than me) was wondering why everyone is cool with buying the car software locked and then paying 2k for acceleration boost.

Feels like we don't save money from them locking it like we might with some of these other features.

For example when I got my model 3 it was the before the acceleration boost existed for those cars. Then one day it existed. My initial take was, wow they must've figured something out to eek a few more hp out!

But then it happened again when the Y came out and it was only a couple weeks or months from launch if I remember right. So then I'm like okay this is planned.

And it's not like an option you can configure with the car on purchase you have to get it after.

Seems odd to me.

But I bought MYP with my Y so I didn't have anything like that on this car.

Oh and then some companies found a way to unlock it without costing so much but ofc Tesla wasn't cool with that

 

[CYBRSMTH]

This likely exists in code due to the market pressure (interest rates, ect) to lower pricing more and more, so they have another lever to offer a barebones option that is priced even lower while still maintaining options with current pricing and giving them a feature to set them a part.

That would be my assumption as to why Tesla might consider doing this again (I am pretty sure they did this for a short time in the past as well). Right now range and speed are the only real differences between most models.

I am not a big fan of software locked hardware features as a consumer, but I can understand it from a business standpoint when they have all this downward price pressure for some people to buy while also trying to maintain margins.

As much as I’m opposed to this nickel-and-dime mentality I get it from a business standpoint and if it can get me a cheaper Tesla I’m all for it. I’ve lived without heated seats and wipers for decades. You can’t miss what you’ve never had.