• guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works
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    3 years ago

    Apparently all software. Fuck these guys it’s just greed. They can sell the exact same but software limited cars for 10k$ less so everyone is getting scammed.

      • Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com
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        3 years ago

        You’re paying for exactly the same car with software limiting the full potential of it, seems scammy to me

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            3 years ago

            The problem is that the company obviously is capable of making a performance machine that falls under the sale price. Then artificially limits capacity or use, unless you pay more.

            Clear?

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              3 years ago

              I mean the company is “capable” of selling these at literally half the price. Maybe one day UNICEF will get into the car production business, but until then you have to buy them from for-profit companies.

              Obviously it would cost them more money to engineer a new battery and manufacturing process, and without this software lock they couldn’t produce a car at this price.

              As an ancillary bonus, you can charge this car to 100%, 100% of the time without ever worrying about degradation.