Why is it a rip off? You pay more money, and you get better performance. Isn’t that a standard automotive industry practice?
You’re usually paying FOR something — V-6 is cheaper than the V-8.
This is Tesla purposefully limiting the battery efficiency of a car consumers paid $100k+ to buy. Nothing is different other than the purposeful actions by Tesla to limit the battery range for its own customers.
Seems like a screw job to me...
Most cars have engine options, you pay more for a bigger engine that is more costly to manufacture. It is reasonable and moral to ask for money to cover your increased manufacturing costs and also to profit for providing this wanted extra ability.
In Telsa’s case, you get the same battery with the same reserve capacity, which has the same manufacturing cost. Telsa has purposely degraded your battery, expending extra effort to do so, in order to reap profit by charging you to remove the harm they caused rather than adding any value.
That can’t be rationalized as customer service, it is unethical.