Again in Might this yr, Tesla broke the information to a whole bunch of Mannequin S and Mannequin X house owners in Australia that their orders had been cancelled due to a call to not produce the automobile for right-hand-drive markets.
Three weeks later, Tesla eliminated the Mannequin S and Mannequin X hyperlinks on the Australian web site with the up to date touchdown web page saying “Mannequin S just isn’t out there to order in Australia.”
Now, house owners of the legacy Mannequin S and Mannequin X autos are being provided a possibility to improve a number of the older autos’ battery packs with a bigger newer one.
It was first shared by Tesla proprietor and a daily reader of The Pushed, Nash, and shared on Twitter/X. House owners of the 75 kWh battery-equipped fashions now have the choice to improve to both a 90 kWh or a 100 kWh battery pack.
BREAKING : ( goes out to legacy Mannequin S and X house owners in Australia 🇦🇺 )@TeslaAUNZ is now providing upgrades to Mannequin X and S from 75D to both a 90D or a 100D (topic to battery availability)
A lot appreciated @elonmusk
I’m trying to improve my 7 seater Mannequin X from 75D to a…
— Tesla within the Gong 🇦🇺🦘🤖🚕 (@TeslaGong) October 28, 2023
The upgraded battery packs will come at a worth of $27,000 for the 90 kWh possibility and people wanting on the 100 kWh pack, it’d set house owners again $45,000.
On the 7-seater Mannequin X, Nash shared that he hopes to get a spread enchancment of over 130 km, getting nearer to 440 km. That is up from round 309 km that the present 75 kWh battery delivers.
These house owners who had the supercharging for the lifetime of the automobile will get to maintain that after the upgraded battery has been put in, making it extra enticing to maintain the automobile long-term as Tesla’s supercharging community continues to develop.
house owners can request the improve through the Tesla app and its topic to availability of the 90 or 100 kWh battery packs.
Again in 2017, the Mannequin S 75D was initially priced at $155,909 driveaway with a claimed vary of over 466 km. It might probably dash from 0-100 km/h in round 5.4 seconds making it pretty fast for a automobile with a kerb weight of two,140 kg.
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The Mannequin X 75D was out there in 5 or 7 seats and had a beginning worth of 125,000 earlier than any inroads or the posh automobile tax in 2016.
For this worth, a claimed vary of 417 km was on provide. This huge SUV additionally had the drivetrain to make it dash from 0-100 km/h in 6.2 seconds together with a high velocity of 210km.
With the Mannequin S and Mannequin X not out there for buy in any right-hand-drive markets, the unique automobile house owners are actually being provided a approach to improve their current autos.
This might assist deliver extra vary for these house owners with out having to exchange current autos altogether.
Which may be an excellent possibility for some house owners who want to hold their limitless supercharging standing as nicely, serving to them journey additional with the ever-increasing supercharger websites throughout the nation.
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Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception stories and developments. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, notably EVs and desires to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He presently drives a crimson Tesla Mannequin 3.