That's fine, but only a couple would be coupled with hardware, the rest are ALL doable in software.
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Elon Requesting 7.1 Suggestions
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That's fine, but only a couple would be coupled with hardware, the rest are ALL doable in software.
Ames
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I would love more geek telemetry, whatever they can throw at us like motor temperature cooling system stats, modes like battery heating and cooling on and off...and an analogue battery guage like a petrol gauge. They comfort me....
deonb
Active Member
This. And give everybody in the dev team a Model S or X, and create a mandatory offsite event every 2 weeks that's 300 miles away from home.
While the 17" touchscreen and dashboard have the potential to provide a fantastic driver/passenger experience, overall, the software continues to underperform - when new capabilities are added, they are typically a "V1.0" or "beta" level of functionality - and after the initial release, it doesn't appear that Tesla plans to go back to provide the missing functionality. We are still missing basic features like playlists or waypoints - plus other major features long promised such as the App Store and 3rd party apps.
Tesla can and should do much better with their software - because when actual functionality implemented is compared to what's available now or soon to be available in other cars (even those at much lower price points than the Model S), the Model S is less capable. And in some areas, this can impact safety - such as the lack of text messaging integration.
If Tesla is going to change their software process for 7.1 - and actively solicit owner input on changes - that's a huge and positive step - but they shouldn't stop there, they should also:
Tesla can and should do much better with their software - because when actual functionality implemented is compared to what's available now or soon to be available in other cars (even those at much lower price points than the Model S), the Model S is less capable. And in some areas, this can impact safety - such as the lack of text messaging integration.
If Tesla is going to change their software process for 7.1 - and actively solicit owner input on changes - that's a huge and positive step - but they shouldn't stop there, they should also:
- Provide a road map on the major features they plan to address in the next and subsequent software releases
- Increase software staffing enough so that a portion of the staff can be allocated to add missing features to the previously released software
- Open up the beta testing process to allow all owners the ability to opt-in or opt-out of testing
- Assemble the list of all requested features and previously promised features and indicate if and when they plan to address them
- And, implement the ability to "roll back" to the previously stable firmware - so that if bugs are distributed in a production or beta release, owners have the option to back the change out (rollback to the previously installed firmware is difficult to test; they should be able to test with each software update the ability to roll back to a specific previous release though)
In my opinion, nonsense. This would cripple their team and we'd never see any progress.
Owner
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Nigel Tufnel
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Gizmotoy
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:-D
Seems true based on discussions with some Tesla engineers. Sounds like the burnout rate is extremely high.
snellenr
Member
I asked for seat position memory on the passenger seat -- SWMBO objects if one of my other passengers adjusts her seat.
Andyw2100
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I don't use Twitter, but I did tweet the following:
"Option to preheat traction pack when on shore power to eliminate regenerative braking limit, independent of range mode setting."
I'll also send another letter to [email protected], pointing to the poll thread. Since Tesla has added pack heating for "Max Battery Power", perhaps this will be an easier request for them to meet now.
Would you use battery heating if it were available?
"Option to preheat traction pack when on shore power to eliminate regenerative braking limit, independent of range mode setting."
I'll also send another letter to [email protected], pointing to the poll thread. Since Tesla has added pack heating for "Max Battery Power", perhaps this will be an easier request for them to meet now.
Would you use battery heating if it were available?
Wasn't sure where to put it but I made the following post. It contains a site to register feature requests and etc... It will be a heck of a lot easier than having people have to read through the thread and will help with voting on what is important to the broader group.
Vote on software features/bugs to fix in 7.1 and beyond
Vote on software features/bugs to fix in 7.1 and beyond
MikeBur
ManualPilot
Since I don't have a twitter account; how about someone asking for a digital readout of the real-time horsepower being generated!!!
Too soon...
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Hate to say this (well, no not really... Been a long week), but this IS you using Twitter :-D
Andyw2100
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I thought it would be understood that the "I don't use Twitter" part was intended to mean "I don't --ordinarily-- use Twitter." I guess I could have been clearer.
Owner
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Formal testing may not be the actual job you think it is. I ran a testing team in the past. Its lots of writing regression tests, automating stuff as much as possible. The fun part is trying to think outside the box and trying to break the software (so the customer doesn't).
Can be quite satisfying if the software is pretty bug free and works well. But every bug that does show up is a downer because its almost impossible to be bug free.
I doubt there is a ton of "track time" in the car.
Can be quite satisfying if the software is pretty bug free and works well. But every bug that does show up is a downer because its almost impossible to be bug free.
I doubt there is a ton of "track time" in the car.
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