Although my car has still not been delivered, I did have a conversation with Ted at corporate about some of the cool new features that are in the 2010. The one that I think is very interesting is that the cars will now have Wireless cards built into them (paid for by Tesla). This will allow TMC to download firmware remotely, gather statistics, unlock doors, know the cars exact location, etc. In the future they plan on adding a link to the owners site where you can interact with your car in real time. This also allows for iPhone/Blackberry apps to be written to interact with the car.
There are some liability issues that TMC is still trying to address. Ted did say that owners will have to sign a form acknowledging the wireless access and will have the ability to turn it off themselves or only have it turned on for a specific period of time.
I think they could go one step further and install an 802.11 g/n router to use the wireless card and the Roadster could now be a wireless hot-spot.
He said they also fixed the Valet mode so it will not go above 50mph. As stated before, the new PEM has an additional fan, and the A/C unit can now turn on it's cooling fans at variable speeds.
When I find out more, I'll let you know. Hopefully I'll have my car in a few days :smile:
There are some liability issues that TMC is still trying to address. Ted did say that owners will have to sign a form acknowledging the wireless access and will have the ability to turn it off themselves or only have it turned on for a specific period of time.
I think they could go one step further and install an 802.11 g/n router to use the wireless card and the Roadster could now be a wireless hot-spot.
He said they also fixed the Valet mode so it will not go above 50mph. As stated before, the new PEM has an additional fan, and the A/C unit can now turn on it's cooling fans at variable speeds.
When I find out more, I'll let you know. Hopefully I'll have my car in a few days :smile:
