So it has come to this. If Tesla would release only two more bytes of information I could make the decision about whether to wait for AWD/performance or go for the LR: Bits [7:4] How much quicker the AWD (Byte 1) or Performance (Byte 2) is to 60, in 0.2s increments, relative to the LR [3:0] How much the AWD (Byte 1) or Performance (Byte 2) costs in $2000 increments, relative to the LR For example, if the AWD ran 4.5s to 60 at an additional cost of $4k, byte 1 would be 0x32. Just two little bytes, Tesla? I know, you’re busy with production hell and all that, but you’ve leaked entire E-mails. Surely there is time for a couple bytes, especially when the sanity of thousands of line waiters is on the line?
And don’t leak the two bytes. Just publish them. Most of the “leaks” probably had a “cc: Bloomberg, Electrek” from Elon anyway, am I right?
It'll take more than two bytes to tell you that information. There are 8 bits, or two nibbles, in one byte. One byte is one character.
You can store 2^8 different values in a single byte, he never said anything about using ASCII or another human readable encoding...
Yes. It should work - one byte (two nibbles) for the acceleration and pricing of the AWD and another for the Performance Model. No need to waste bytes here. 0x32 means 4.5s and $4000 extra.
Or maybe I am really an AI programmed with a sophisticated recurrent neural network that can fake forum posts indistinguishable from those of a human. And maybe we’re all in a simulation. The world may never know...
He assigned 4 bits to each value, so there are 16 possible values in each nibble (hex digit) with the assignment that each bit is worth 0.2s or 2k, that's actually a 3.2 second and $32,000 range in values... so should be plenty. Hex Decimal Binary 0 0 0000 1 1 0001 2 2 0010 3 3 0011 4 4 0100 ....... 9 9 1001 A 10 1010 B 11 1011 .... E 14 1110 F 15 1111
Tesla will open up AWD, performance Model 3 orders next week Thank you, Ryan McCaffrey! I may get the two bytes I’m looking for next week.
