This headline is sensationalised, it could have been an oversight, not necessarily an intentional decision.
Owning both a Model S and X, I’ve seen Tesla first hand attempt to evade covering warranty work on these models.
Friendly reminder to opt out of arbitration when you buy your Tesla (when the VIN is issued).
And, I assume, knowing what that would mean later.
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows...
* The memory should have lasted 6 years not 3.
* The NHTSA is unreasonable when it requires the system to last the expected lifetime of the car (12 years).
It might just be ass covering, but currently the official stance from Tesla is that a car that falls apart after 6 years should be enough for anyone, because anything else is too hard.
What’s the point of EV going green if the life expectancy is 1/4 of a normal petrol car.
My Toyota is 12 years old now. Still runs and drives like new with basic maintenance.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2017/01/04/passing...
The irony is that hybrid/electric vehicles are being owned longer than fossil-fuelled vehicles before being sold.
This is definitely a Tesla mistake, probably simply owing to lack of corporate experience and long-term planning. Could even be poorer access to (specialized auto-grade) parts owing to their small scale in the past.
But worse than the intentions is the fact that Tesla doesn't treat these things are design flaws that should be addressed even out of warranty. Is it right hat they feel its ok to profit from these flaws?
Every company I've ever worked at has done this analysis and also set up metrics to catch a component at the system level causing heavy flash wear by excessive logging, caching or other write heavy operations.
If you drive a car with the Tegra CID and current software, you get the distinct impression that they really wish all those cars were dead.
They probably also do want cars with lifetime supercharging dead (which are primarily MCU1 vehicles).
If you search around, you will also find countless posts of people being denied warranty work for their Tesla's or fixes only being billed as good will after the customer fights back.