Love the idea of Tesla, getting charged for full usage of the battery that I already bought? Yeah bite me.

Looking forward to the lawsuits on this going forward.

Not really sure how you’ve bought a car if they can paywall physical features. otherwise folks should ask for pay for hauling /storing “tesla’s” extra batteries around

At some point, my car is going to be a skateboard. These shitty subscriptions that companies are rolling out can bite me.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Pending “regulatory approval,” he wrote that the company will unlock another 40–60 miles of total range, depending on which battery Model Y owners have, “for $1,500 to $2,000.”

The company revealed back in 2016 that the 70kWh battery in the Model S 70 actually had 75kWh of capacity that customers could pay more than $3,000 to access.

The auto industry, in general, has been trending toward controlling access to cars’ existing features with pay-to-remove software locks.

Mercedes-Benz charged the same amount, but annually, to improve the horsepower and torque of the EQE and EQS.

BMW once paywalled software-locked CarPlay and, later, heated seats (the company later dropped that plan).

And of course, Tesla has proven itself willing to remotely disable paid-for features when one of its cars is resold.

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As if car culture would need enshittification …