Tesla has launched an ‘Vitality Increase’ improve for current Mannequin Y RWD house owners in the USA, aimed toward rising the automobile’s vary.
This new characteristic is offered in two choices: a $1,000 improve that provides as much as 30 miles of vary, and a $1,600 improve that gives as much as 50 miles of further vary. The variation in vary and value is attributed to variations within the battery cell sorts used within the automobiles.
The improve, delivered by an over-the-air software program replace, may be accessed through the Tesla App by navigating to Upgrades > Software program Updates > Purchase > Vitality Increase. Tesla is ready to leverage a software program replace and an in-app buy to let these Mannequin Y RWD house owners get elevated vary. Now that’s cool.
Again in Could, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned, “the “260 mile” vary Mannequin Y’s constructed over the previous a number of months even have extra vary that may be unlocked for $1500 to $2000 (good points 40 to 60 miles of vary), relying on which battery cells you may have.”
“Working by regulatory approvals to allow this,” mentioned Musk on the time.
When somebody requested why not give this vary totally free, Musk replied, “we now have to pay the payments in some way.”
Different software program upgrades for the Mannequin Y embrace the Acceleration Increase for sooner 0-60mph instances and in addition Full Self-Driving (FSD) upgrades.