▲ 369 ▼ Elon Musk reveals Tesla software-locked cheapest Model Y, offers 40-60 more miles of range (electrek.co) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tabular@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Pay to disable a battery lifetime saver mode?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* Basically and then that only makes sense if the company’s going to foot the bill. Otherwise they could just make it very very clear that by using extended mode they’re reducing the lifetime of the battery and doing so at their own risk, yadda yadda. If it’s, as the article suggests, to use what’s already there (larger capacity) then nah. That’s slimy just like BMW. permalink fedilink source parent [–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Pay to use an insecure 2FA via SMS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* Basically and then that only makes sense if the company’s going to foot the bill. Otherwise they could just make it very very clear that by using extended mode they’re reducing the lifetime of the battery and doing so at their own risk, yadda yadda. If it’s, as the article suggests, to use what’s already there (larger capacity) then nah. That’s slimy just like BMW. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Pay to use an insecure 2FA via SMS. permalink fedilink source parent