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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by newman8r on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:35PM (#15210031)
I know it's an established concept (I put modded firmware on my nikon d5100 - basically makes it more like a d7100)

it just seems perverse in this situation though. vehicles have more of a 'life and death' component than a digital camera

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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by icelancer on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:03PM (#15210142)
>>it just seems perverse in this situation though. vehicles have more of a 'life and death' component than a digital camera

As pointed out multiple times in these comments, Tesla is not the first company to do this. VW, Honda, and many others have been doing this for decades.

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Re:Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars i... by artursapek on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:22PM (#15210227)
It threw me off at first as well, but I think getting more Teslas on the road warrants pursuing this kind of business practice.
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