Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Guys and girls,
I have an alarm clock. I believe it's 4.5
. I'll install within 2 hrs and let you know...
I have an alarm clock. I believe it's 4.5
. I'll install within 2 hrs and let you know...
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Firmware 4.5
- Thread starter pilotSteve
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Guys and girls,
I have an alarm clock. I believe it's 4.5
Awesome. If you can, try and let us know how long this one takes.
Babylonfive
Power12
Regardless of whether the Superchargers themselves are wired for telematics, the car it's charging certainly is, so the car's firmware could register a given SC as in-use. Don't know if the car can tell precisely which SC at a location it's connected to, but worst case you could register "7 of 8 SC's at Harris Ranch in use".
- Bill
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All this data can (and should) be cached. If I download the full Google Maps database to my phone for much of the Bay Area it only runs about 50MB of data, and that includes the full Point of Interest database. You could certainly download 10MB chunks (less than a minute on an average HSDPA+ connection) as needed, and you'd have full map data for miles around you.
- Bill
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
My software update started 10 minutes ago. I hope it's 4.5, or I will be disappointing you all . Not done yet, but will check in another 10 minutes and update you.
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Bummer. Sorry guys, it's v4.4. 1.31.11. Not sure why I'm just receiving this now, as I was told that rollout was stopped. Will post this info on the 4.4 thread if the detailed version number seems new.
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Bummer. Sorry guys, it's v4.4. 1.31.11. Not sure why I'm just receiving this now, as I was told that rollout was stopped. Will post this info on the 4.4 thread if the detailed version number seems new.
JerryNycom
Member
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
toto_48313
CAN P #5
You could also argue people like Broder could then say 'I didn't know such a thing as 110% of a battery existed so I didn't fully charge the battery for my trip and ran out'. As long as they make it clear charging up to 100% is intended for trips I think most people will be fine.
Interesting. I would suppose it would need something new to do the software limiting of the 60 to 40. Unless its always been there. But I think 4.4 was available before the announcement was even made. In any case, it cant be very far away. While I really like the new % slider for charge, I know I'm goin to wait to let others test it out. I (knock on wood) have had zero issues with 4.4. I secretly worry about the upgrade process driving some of the oddities people have run into.
I'm not fond of the "110%" idea. It dilutes the idea of what those percentages mean. Is 110% max? Or could it be 125%? Is over 100% bad? When and why?
It also moves the management of what's "good" for the car/pack from the intelligence the designers built in to the driver somewhat. The previous "range charge" method felt better in that regard.
Or perhaps something along the lines of a "long distance" mode that defaults to full charge, as well throttling the cabin HVAC, etc... The driver can over-ride the defaults on a temporary basis if needed (i.e. a particularly hot day), but the "starting point" for distance mode gives you the best chance of going the farthest the car can manage. This could even include additional feedback in the dash displays regarding KWh usage and speed: perhaps a shaded color area on the speedo that shows you what the most economical driving speed is for current conditions.
Ideally, I like the idea telling the car what we want to actually do: "Go farther than normal", as opposed to figuring out the nuts and bolts of of what it takes to make the car do that. After all people don't really want "more charge in their battery". What they really want is "to get to grandma's house 250 miles away". Let the engineers figure that out and apply sensible settings and display appropriate feedback to help them reach their goals. All while allowing overrides ("Advanced Options" menu etc...) for the person who want/cares to manage such things.
It also moves the management of what's "good" for the car/pack from the intelligence the designers built in to the driver somewhat. The previous "range charge" method felt better in that regard.
Or perhaps something along the lines of a "long distance" mode that defaults to full charge, as well throttling the cabin HVAC, etc... The driver can over-ride the defaults on a temporary basis if needed (i.e. a particularly hot day), but the "starting point" for distance mode gives you the best chance of going the farthest the car can manage. This could even include additional feedback in the dash displays regarding KWh usage and speed: perhaps a shaded color area on the speedo that shows you what the most economical driving speed is for current conditions.
Ideally, I like the idea telling the car what we want to actually do: "Go farther than normal", as opposed to figuring out the nuts and bolts of of what it takes to make the car do that. After all people don't really want "more charge in their battery". What they really want is "to get to grandma's house 250 miles away". Let the engineers figure that out and apply sensible settings and display appropriate feedback to help them reach their goals. All while allowing overrides ("Advanced Options" menu etc...) for the person who want/cares to manage such things.
Nickjhowe
Member
Brian10 over on the TM Forum has just taken delivery of a 40KWh car with the 4.5 software installed. See this thread on the TM forum (need to log in to see it)
Keep in mind that 4.5 may not be officially released yet, and that the functionality you see may or may not be changed in future revisions before release.
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