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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by sowbug on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:35AM (#36895146)
That's just a UI trick, isn't it? Make 5% display as 0%, and add a solemn-looking toggle switch to select the reserve battery.

(According to a random source on the web, a Model Y battery weighs 1,770 pounds, so a perfectly efficient 5%-size physical battery would add another 88 pounds to the cargo.)

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by berkes on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:42AM (#36895270)
My car has a spare tank built in. I just carry a spare- spare jerry-can because the indicator is just too unreliable and the milage on the built-in spare tank rather meh.
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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by noAnswer on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:02PM (#36895620)
> Make 5% display as 0%

That is already how it is done on all EVs. malwrar should have kept driving.

Playlist of tests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIi_8OXfLeg&list=PLqKx2qnB8X...

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