MrNovice
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_t..._apple_watch_s_killer_app_stealing_signs.html
Since last spring, Tesla vehicles purchased with a 60kWh battery option have actually come with a 75kWh battery. The company’s software electronically limited the range to 60kWh, though it gave drivers the option to upgrade to full capacity at any time—for several thousand dollars.
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, Tesla proactively unlocked the restricted software of their 60kWh customers to allow access to the full 75kWh battery for evacuees of Florida. While they had the foresight to do the decent thing (supposedly only after one Florida evacuee contacted them inquiring about the unlock), should they get social praise for this since it cost them virtually nothing? What if they had done nothing "to help", and then their customers found out the software could have been modified easily to take further refuge? Who acctually owns the car once you have bought it, is it really still theirs to restrict after you drive off the dealership? Are they going to re-restrict the cars after the emergency?
Interesting to say the least...
Other sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/jalopnik...ate-taps-into-our-deepest-fear-1803081731/amp
Since last spring, Tesla vehicles purchased with a 60kWh battery option have actually come with a 75kWh battery. The company’s software electronically limited the range to 60kWh, though it gave drivers the option to upgrade to full capacity at any time—for several thousand dollars.
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, Tesla proactively unlocked the restricted software of their 60kWh customers to allow access to the full 75kWh battery for evacuees of Florida. While they had the foresight to do the decent thing (supposedly only after one Florida evacuee contacted them inquiring about the unlock), should they get social praise for this since it cost them virtually nothing? What if they had done nothing "to help", and then their customers found out the software could have been modified easily to take further refuge? Who acctually owns the car once you have bought it, is it really still theirs to restrict after you drive off the dealership? Are they going to re-restrict the cars after the emergency?
Interesting to say the least...
Other sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/jalopnik...ate-taps-into-our-deepest-fear-1803081731/amp