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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by g-erson on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:54AM (#19625917)
Why would a Tesla?
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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by eclipxe on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:55AM (#19625932)
Regular software updates that add significant new features. Dashcam, dog mode, sentry mode, summon, etc.
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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by gibolt on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:07PM (#19626052)
Better range, doubled charging speeds, improved braking distance...

It is a real case of downloading more RAM.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by Domenic_S on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:32PM (#19626320)
I was on vacation and got a notification that there was a firmware update for my Model 3 which was parked in my garage a thousand miles away. I remotely installed it and my car literally got 5% quicker.

Pretty crazy!

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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by madengr on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:37PM (#19626367)
No, it’s like buying an 1 GHz oscilloscope and buying the license to enable the 2 GHz version. The hardware has always been there.

The test equipment industry is notorious for this. I can buy a $15k Keysight Fieldfox spectrum analyzer and turn it into a $50k instrument with license that enable hardware that is already there.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by auiya on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:45PM (#19626455)
Cool, so it gets better the same way your 15 year old laptop gets better?
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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by jsight on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:02PM (#19626630)
Yes... great isn't it! Not sure why cars haven't done this before.
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