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My understanding is that they offer the upgrade option to all of the 60 kwh owners.



Huh, nevermind, you would be right:

https://electrek.co/2016/07/26/tesla-upgrade-software-limite...

That's a bit silly. I suppose in someways it is nice for the consumer that they have the 60kwh version if they're basically selling it close to a loss with the hope that you'll pay for the battery upgrade, but obviously it begs the question why the 75 model can't just be the same price.


> but obviously it begs the question why the 75 model can't just be the same price.

Because Tesla would make less off of each 75, which is no good when you need cash to expand operations. Have to squeeze every dollar out of each sale, manufacturing and R&D costs money!


That's a just a fancy way of saying that they charge more because there are people willing to pay it.


Correct. I'm unsure what the problem is.


No problem. I was just providing another description of their behavior.

There usually isn't anything notable about a business approximating a rational economic actor.




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