Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by rgbrenner on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:40PM
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My understanding is that it does not charge all the way.
So doesnt that make this update a little late and kind of useless?
The evacuation order was days ago. People have already left their homes--where they would have charged their cars. They already made it to where they were going on the 60kw charge they had or they didn't. The hurricane has already reached FL. http://media.miamiherald.com/static/testdir/weather/storm-ra...
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by newman8r on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:48PM
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hah just replied with exactly the same thing. I'd say it was a PR move, but advertising that they lock down features doesn't strike me as wise.. but then again, I'm not an ad man.
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by karmakaze on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:10AM
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Good on Tesla for doing what's good for these specific customers than worry about their corporate image. If they continue to act on the users' behalf these events which may tarnish other companies will have no negative impact.
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by tunetine on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:48PM
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The evacuation orders were only for low level areas. Half of the state is pretty much out of harms way and could make a run for it at this point, if they choose.
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by newman8r on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:45PM
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interesting. In that case, I wonder how useful this update is, since it would presumably just allow the consumers to charge their cars for a longer period of time, but they should probably be getting the hell out of the storm path instead.
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by newman8r on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:26PM
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I wonder if you could get around it with a relay and some resistors to trick the system into thinking the charge is lower than it actually is
Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i...
by extrapickles on Sunday September 10, 2017 @01:05AM
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That's a good way to get a lithium fire. Lithium batteries need careful monitoring to charge correctly. To give you an idea, 4.2V is 80% charged for a chemistry I worked with. 100% is 4.23V, so you don't have much margin for error.
There are some advantages in having a s/w locked down battery rather than a physically limited battery. Since the battery charges slower when it is above 80% capacity, you can recharge to "100%" much faster with a software limited battery. Similarly, charging to 100% is supposed to cause more battery wear, so in a real 75 you don't want to do that very often. But in a 60, its no problem, since 100% is really 80% of the physical capacity.