Introduction: Today in the circle of friends to see a "spit" dynamic, that is, a Tesla customer, in September 2021 booked a Tesla model, in recent days, that is, in the middle of January 2022, was told by Tesla sales that the model set at that time has been discontinued, currently only the production of new models. Now this batch of Tesla owners have to face two choices: one is to cancel, and the other is to upgrade the new model at the original price, but to requeue. What should I do in this case?
As we all know, Tesla is the leader in electric vehicles, strength and sales are so, according to the statistics of the Association of Automobiles, in December, the domestic sales of Tesla Model Y and Model 3 were 40,500 units and 30,102 units, respectively. Because sales are so good, even if the Tesla Gigafactory has a good production capacity, it still can't meet the global pile-up orders, so it is not surprising to wait for the car for several months.
Tesla launched a Model 3 rear-wheel-drive version on November 19, 2021, which can be seen as an alternative to the Model 3 standard endurance upgrade. Therefore, after the launch of the new model, the production of the old model was gradually reduced to the point of discontinuation.
Therefore, customers who ordered cars in September waited for several months, but waited for the news that the old model was discontinued and re-queued for the new model.
So what's the difference between the new model (Model 3 rear-wheel-drive version) and the old model (Model 3 Standard Endurance Plus)?
First of all, the price is different, the Model 3 standard endurance upgrade version was priced at 235,900 yuan at the time, while the Model 3 rear-wheel drive version was 265,652 yuan, the price difference was nearly 30,000, but for the previous batch of users, there was no need to make up the difference. In response to this problem, I think there is nothing to blow about not making up the difference, but all normal companies should do, after all, you Tesla is at fault, and some Tesla related people call the word "free upgrade" in the mouth, I am afraid that there is something wrong.
Next is the change in the product force part, the new Model 3 rear-wheel drive version is equipped with a 202kW motor, 60kWh battery, and the old Model 3 standard endurance upgrade version is a 220kW motor and a 55kWh battery. To put it simply, it is the weakening of the power and the enhancement of the endurance, which cannot be said to be upgraded, but can only be said to have a trade-off.
Another change is that the new model adds steering wheel heating and rear seat heating, while the old model needs 2400 yuan to open this configuration, which can be regarded as a small upgrade.
In addition to the above two points, the old to the rest of the new part of the more obvious changes are not much, in general, the old to the new model does not seem to have a particularly large upgrade, only the new steering wheel heating and rear seat heating function can be said, but this is only worth 2400 yuan.
Therefore, I think that the price of the new Model 3 rear-wheel drive version has risen by nearly 30,000 compared to the old model, and more of the reason is that Tesla has made adjustments according to the comprehensive changes in the market. This is the same as buying a house, people 10,000 square signed contract, when the delivery of the house rose to 15,000 square meters, can you ask the owner to make up? At most, after you added a water heater to me, it was calculated by paying you 2400 yuan.
Ah Chuan commented on the car
In the end, the customer still chose to refund, one of the reasons was that he had waited for three or four months to say that the fixed model was discontinued, which made him feel deceived; second, Tesla's sales did not tell the new model of the approximate time to wait, so when is the head; the third is that Tesla's official handling method is very inappropriate, and the attitude is not satisfied.