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Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by linsomniac on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:34AM (#21259544)
Not exactly new to integrate multiple systems: My 2004 Land Cruiser has the heating/cooling and a few other less urgent systems integrated into the radio. Which means I can't replace it with a radio that supports bluetooth audio, without giving up heat/AC...
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Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by fred_is_fred on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:52AM (#21259777)
Same for my 2011 Explorer, and since it was such a PoS [1] the system would reboot it self while I was driving. When rebooting it would put the A/C/heat into halfway fan on 70 degree mode, whether you wanted it or not.

[1] - there's currently a class action settlement about how terrible it was

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Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by lazyguy2 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:51AM (#21259755)
You can... it just means modifying the PCB for the controls extensively. I had a friend who did this on a Subaru once. Was a huge PITA.
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