[fragmede]

Right. Instead of manufacturing a 50, 80, and 100 kWh battery pack, and having to go through the whole process of getting certifications and everything for each size, they just make 100 kWh packs all day long, and then software limit them to 50. Which means, in the case of an emergency, the company can bestow extra range on lower-end vehicles, which they did for Hurricane Irma.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/10/16283330/tesla-hurricane-...

[pkaye]

Does that imply there is not much of a manufacturing cost difference between 50 kWH and 100 kWH battery pack?

[doxick]

Great reply!

It's either so close that you're overpaying for the 100kWH, or it's not very close in which case you're overpaying for the 50kWH.

Either way: the 50kWH is hit: carrying dead weight on a smaller capacity. A not insignificant weight.

[acer589]

No, they were selling 75 kWh packs as 60. The gap was nowhere near 50 -> 100.