They might also want to think about:
a) reducing "last model's" model price and/or increasing "this month's"
model price. After all these are new features that must of cost
something to add.
b) offer a buyer "feature protection" insurance plan Tesla pays into
c) Microsoft used to provide a free upgrade for those who bought an old
OS within so many months of the new OS coming out. It's called "Old
School" and it is the right thing to do.
On 3/12/2015 2:41 PM, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote:
I can see both sides here. As an employee of a Fortune 50 company, I can
understand the pressure Tesla is under to keep shipping older cars, even while
working on the newer models. A leak or notice of new features would dry up
shipments.
On the other hand, I would be pretty upset if I asked about the possibility of
waiting for more features and was told it didn't matter, so I took delivery of
the older model. It would be hard to feel you hadn't been taken advantage of.
Even lied to. Not a good start to a customer / manufacturer relationship.
Personally, I suspect Tesla will eventually see the wisdom of making those
sorts of changes on the model year boundary. It would also make it easier to
tell if the car you are looking at in an ad should have the new features or
not. Right now, it can be hard to tell. Knowing it is a 2014 year model isn't
enough.
Mike
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