Tesla Updates Software To Preserve Battery Life - Owners Sue For Range Reduction

Tesla is now facing a class-action lawsuit from an owner, who like several other Tesla owners earlier this year, saw the range of his car slashed by a software update.

Earlier this year, we reported on several reports from Tesla owners about seeing significant drops in range from 12 to 30 miles over a short period of time.

Only Model S and Model X vehicles with 85 kWh battery packs, which were discontinued in 2016, seem to be affected at this point.

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TomM - 8/9/2019 2:57:01 PM

+5 Boost

Battery Pack life is affected by the depth of the charge - and frequent 100% charges (ALmost from dead) can reduce Battery life. THese Battery packs are basically the value of the USED vehicles - because the packs are too expensive to really consider replacing them - and too volatile to consider using used versions. Nissan Just raised the price of a replacement of its initial pack to $8500 - plus installation. Essential that destroys the value of used ones to almost nothing.

SanJoseDriver - 8/13/2019 6:22:57 AM

+1 Boost

You'll be able to replace modules in the future, not the whole pack. The cost for a giant pack on Teslas is around $12k and falling. It will take a long time until a Tesla is only worth the replacement cost of the battery, especially if it is upgradable to an autonomous car.