Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Model 3

Re:Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Mod... by masonic on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:57AM (#20137648)

IBM's mainframes used to use that strategy.

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Re:Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Mod... by detaro on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:28AM (#20139047)

They still do that. Same with the POWER servers: you can buy one with "2 CPUs" that actually has more and then enable additional ones "on-demand".

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Re:Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Mod... by jjeaff on Sunday June 09, 2019 @04:33PM (#20141727)

How do they activate them on demand? Does it require phoning home?

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Re:Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Mod... by detaro on Sunday June 09, 2019 @04:36PM (#20141746)

Not sure, could also be just some locally checked license key you get from them if you buy the upgrade.

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Re:Tesla will soon downgrade software on the entry-level Mod... by antaviana on Sunday June 09, 2019 @05:38AM (#20138172)

I think they used hardware loops, not software loops, to reduce performance for the cheaper models.

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