Stock will likely be up another $50
one step closer to FSD
Just a few more families to incinerate first
Tesla have figured out how to sell incomplete cars, then charge the mugs that bought them more to finish building them later.
No, just daughters
Like modern computer games. First build the thing. Then strip it and sell the things you took out as DLC or micro transactions.
Perfect strategy to make more $. Maybe they can try with wheels next
Whompy wheels have been a thing for years now, maybe it's just a way of getting you to buy more wheels 😂
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They're hot before and *smoking* hot after
$7500 tax credits gone. Musk need to find new way earn more money. His $1Trillion pay package is on the line.
They figured out how to monetize standardization and safety. Figures.
smfh
Man I wish I could get $600 for fucking up the basics
Create a problem and then sell a solution.
This is almost as big a scam as not returning people's deposits on the Roadster
Me no understand. Isn't TSLA on the cusp of unleashing Robotaxi nirvana upon us? Who needs a turn signal if you're asleep in the back seat?
Genius revenue generation. Remove something people expect and then charge em $600 to retrofit later. Better adjust that stock rise to 69!
dAmn that's actually a lot of money . . . I'd assumed Elon cut it to save $50 on the BOM, but @ $595 that could be a bit more! $100 x 2M cars/yr = $200M more profit x 30 P/E = $6B more market cap . . . so deleting this part made Elon $1B or so richer.
And it's a piece that costs them $50 at best and I don't think it comes with the wiper button.
Holy hell this is literally "Johnny Longtorso" from MST3K. "Tesla: That car that is itself sold separately!"
No, it said the stalk up-fit is $595.
Are you trying to say the cost of cutting it is equal to the cost of retrofitting it? That's not how it works. It's a lot easier (less labor) to install things in a factory.
I sure hope they patented this innovation, don't want other car makers getting ideas.
The app business model. Start charging for a free feature.
BMW needs to do this, too. Though I'm not sure they would sell any turn signals.
Wait until they start charging you for proper door handles.
Yeah, I’m betting this is breaking even at best. Between the cost of the part, shipping, labor, and the planning/rollout of of this program, it’s easily over $500 a pop.
They just don’t have any desire to maintain their customer based beyond Elons believers. Every move I see in the news seems to me to push people away from Tesla.
Cool now how about some door handles.
I'll bet that it doesn't work properly in some ways, like turn-signal latch, self-cancelling, high beam flash & toggle. Just waiting for the inevitable complaints that they got this wrong too.
Does the indicator stalk stay with the car when you sell it, or do Tesla take it back when it changes ownership?
This should be free with a recall. The buttons are a safety issue.
I enjoy the fact my non-Tesla car came with free turn signals...
Just grab one from a BMW - it's not being used, anyway.
$595 for a plastic stick and a switch! Yeehaw! Only a cult member would think this isn't ridiculous. This is almost out of Apple's playbook.
Or FSD or any of a long list of false promises. They should not only refund the money but refund it at 10% APR.
It won't be long before Felon claims he invented it. I think he's done more incredible things than Kim Jong-Un.
I'm surprised they don't rent it to the drivers for $20/mo.
I'm waiting for them to come out with subscription tires.
Not from my BMW.
Just get a S3XY stalk. I think for Parking the gear selector they sell is fire.
It really is obscene. Its $595+tax so in most states you are looking at high $600 range. On top of that, they won't let you keep the original steering wheel which you already technically own and could resell when they swap it out. I am amazed the NHTSA signed off on this and not made it either a free retrofit for those who want it, or at least heavily discounted, sub $200 at the most.
They keep it. You don't get to have it. Its basically theft...a wheel could be resold by the owner. Very shady stuff.
refill your signal fluid?
they would, it just signals on their dashboard, doesn't actually signal to the other drivers on the road
Honestly, considering you're getting a replacement wheel, the stalks and the steering column control module (plus fitting) the price isn't *that* outlandish. I mean, the prices are still massively inflated, but that's typical in the world of first-party accessories. Just look at the utterly ridiculous price of some of the options when you purchase a new vehicle. A pair of genuine Yamaha tank grips for my motorbike set me back £55. They're literally a couple of pieces of moulded rubber with some double-sided sticky tape on the back. The article seems to suggest that you're paying $600 for two plastic sticks. That's not the case. Of all the things to hate on Tesla about (and there are a *lot*), this one is scraping the barrel a little.
Next iteration will be microtransactions, and locking every single feature people like behind of those. Wanna use the windshield wipers? Please accept a 0.02$ microtransaction pr use.
Can’t wait til it offers an engine retrofit
So… people buy the car knowing what it is. At some point they, or subsequent buyers decide they want a stalk instead of the easy to use thumb buttons on the wheel. If a person wants a car with turn signal stalk, then don’t buy the car without one. I wanted a new 3, but I also wanted a car with a turn signal stalk, so I didn’t buy the ****ing car. No big deal. Electrek’s just makin’ drama.
It’s called a business model!!
Got used to not having one, would not want it now even if it was free.
Musk fan boys: “Take my money!”
The joke is on Tesla owners that bought the model 3 without the turn signal stalk. Tesla now has made an additional $595 on existing car owners. They are laughing all the way to the bank.
Stalkless-turn-signal drivers simply cannot engage them at the right moment in all the situations they are needed. All the videos I watch of fans justifying the button signals show that they don't engage them at all during certain motions. So they don't see it as a problem. They are needed/courteous/expected every time you cross a dotted line, every turn in a parking lot, before you turn and during a turn to indicate you're changing path. I understand that people don't feel they need to indicate, and that's why they don't see wheel-turning buttons as a problem. They are not using them when they should. And we also need to consider the vast majority of Tesla drivers who are not super-focused. A great many people in all cars are terrible and lazy drivers these days, and there's no way those people have any clue where the rotating buttons are, while turning the wheel in a Tesla.
When is that roadster coming out?
Oh this is like how AAA devs collab on releasing unfinished games now.
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