Tesla Remotely Expands S & X Battery Pack Range in Florida from 60kWh to 75kWh

https://electrek.co/2017/09/09/tesla-extends-range-vehicles-for-free-in-florida-escape-hurricane-irma/

by x2398dh1 • 9 years ago

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x2398dh1• 9 years ago

Posting this because this article seems to be the most information-dense and non-biased source on this Tesla remote update topic available. Other stories about this are either more fear-mongering or overly Tesla-praising and don't give as much technical detail.

westmeal2• 9 years ago

The option would result in a less expensive vehicle with a shorter range, but the option to pay to remotely enable the longer range at a later stage.

DLC for Cars®

mrguyorama2• 9 years ago

Also basically the way high cost digital lab equipment works. The high-spec and low-spec versions are identical, but the low spec ones have features turned off, using methods from easily by-passable resistors to cryptographic keys stored in a bit of flash

westmeal2• 9 years ago

Huh never knew that. Pretty interesting.

nicolashahn• 9 years ago

Has a market been made for people buying low-spec, modifying to be the same as high-spec, and selling for lower than retail high-spec price?

glasz• 9 years ago

i like software-defined shit. but this is an example of dystopia any reasonable person should reject.

mrguyorama2• 9 years ago

Thinking about the recent leak/hack, the amount of data and control Tesla has of their cars is worrying. And they truly are TESLA's cars. Does Tesla lose access to the car once it has been fully paid off? How do I disconnect it from their network? How do I verify that they no longer have my place of residence after the car is paid off?

Tesla Remotely Expands S & X Battery Pack Range in Florida from 60kWh to 75kWh

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