Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

Re:Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.... by mackey on Friday July 17, 2015 @04:14PM (#9905033)

I have been researching mazdas (CX-5) lately and they do get updates to the info/nav system. I think I read there is a crashing problem in v.51 or something, but its fixed in v.55. Not the same as tesla, but better than others.

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Re:Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.... by mikeash on Friday July 17, 2015 @09:05PM (#9906194)

Are those updates over the air, or do you need to take it to a dealer to apply them?

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Re:Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.... by briHass on Friday July 17, 2015 @09:44PM (#9906275)

They're done over USB. The system will look for specially named firmware files (*.up) and auto-apply.

This forum: http://mazda3revolution.com/forums/2014-mazda-3-skyactiv-aud... has some excellent info, and someone usually posts the new FW files. I've done an upgrade and the hacks myself.

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Re:Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.... by mikeash on Friday July 17, 2015 @10:17PM (#9906344)

Nice. Not quite as convenient as Tesla, but it's great that they give you the ability to do it yourself.

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Re:Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.... by tthayer on Saturday July 18, 2015 @03:12PM (#9908552)

It looks like OTA updates will be available in the future, but who knows if 'older' models will get that feature.

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