re: Tesla cuts owner's range by 80 miles with software update, asks for $4.5K to restore it

I bet there is a lot missing from this story - sounds like a bunch of bs

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I bet there is a lot missing from this story - sounds like a bunch of bs

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I don't think it's BS, but it's also not some intentional "ransom" type deal. Sounds more like an error was "resolved", but the unfortunate result is a customer got screwed. Looks like they're going to make it right though:

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While I don't think it's ideal to need a huge social media push to get things accomplished, thanks to the momentum this thread has generated it seems like we've got a path forward with Tesla towards getting this taken care of the right way.

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And for the record I hate, with a passion, this practice of crippling products via software that is infecting many industries. But as it turns out, the economics work out such that it's cheaper to build products the same and set pricing levels via artificial limitations. So who am I to argue with the perfection of capitalism?

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Car is sold twice since, and now has a new owner (my customer). It says 90, badged 90, has 90-type range.

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I bet the title on the vehicle he purchased said 60.

It does not matter if the sales ad says 90. It does not matter if the badging on the car says 90. It does not matter if the range equals a 90.

What does your car title say sir?

Which is why he will lose this case unless Tesla just wants to be nice.

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Unless you can make your own fuel, an EV is the only way to have a vehicle completely off the grid.

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I don’t think you know what “off grid” means if you are driving around in an EV.

I have two teslas and an old 1990s truck. I'm covered if there's an EMP attack.

How much you dropping on gas each month?

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Imagine a fully electrified auto world with OTA network connected vehicles the next time a government mandated lockdown is issued.

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The most astute observation in this thread. It's coming someday to, many of us may not live to see it but it is coming

This is the future of automobiles. Micro transactions are the worst, but coming soon. I saw BMW will now require a subscription to use the heated seats. (Beta rollout in Korea I think, not US. Yet)

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A world of micro transactions

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for those with micropeens who will pay without ever questioning.

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I don’t think you know what “off grid” means if you are driving around in an EV

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He means you can generate your own power realistically.

WTF does “ they want to keep you on the grid” even mean in the context of ICE vs EV? What functional difference of dependency on the larger network between gas and superchargers.

So if someone swapped a 5.0 V8 in a mustang, sold it to someone else who then took it to ford for service, you'd be okay with Ford swapping the engine or otherwise messing with it without telling the owner because the car wasn't sold that way originally? We cant upgrade things we own anymore?