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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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