It’s unclear if Tesla is software-locking capacity in the Long Range battery pack to create these trims or if it is actually producing a new battery pack for them.
You haven’t read the article then, you just took the sentence that fitted your point. At the end there is an update saying that Tesla did in fact confirm it was the same battery pack that was software locked.
Mmk well that was added later. Regardless their source is Tesla “advisors” who are notorious for talking out of their ass.
After seeing that Tesla is listing the new versions as having the same weight as the Long Range for both Model S and Model X, we have reached out to Tesla Centers to ask, and Tesla advisors were able to confirm that the new Standard Range Model S and Model X are indeed software-locked Long Range vehicles.
That’s not how this works. There’s a concept called “economies of scale”. The sale of the $100k model supplements the cost of the $80k model.
There’s also no official documentation to show that it is indeed software-locked. These could be binned or B-grade cells.
The article specifies that Tesla confirmed it’s a soft lock.
No it doesn’t. What it says is:
You haven’t read the article then, you just took the sentence that fitted your point. At the end there is an update saying that Tesla did in fact confirm it was the same battery pack that was software locked.
Mmk well that was added later. Regardless their source is Tesla “advisors” who are notorious for talking out of their ass.