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Firmware 5.6
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NigelM
Recovering Member
I know of one person who received the update early Sunday morning. (Wasn't me though).
This is one thing they've tweaked in the 5.6 release. It seems to take a bit longer for the car to make the change so that it doesn't do the flip-flop switching in the morning that it used to do. I've found that it sometimes takes a mile or so before it switches to day mode (I always start in the garage, so it's always night time to the car when I start out).
NigelM
Recovering Member
Of course it's unlikely you've really "lost" anything. The console range display is just an estimate. Your range is how far you can actually drive it.
RoverS
Banned
i don't know... i tend to think it's a deal-breaker. putting my piece of **** on AutoTrader tomorrow.
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santana338
Member
I just noticed this morning that with my 5.6 update I am not able to put the energy display on the right side of the speedo anymore. Is it just me or has that option been removed in 5.6? I don't remember how I got it the energy display there in the first place. I did a little searching on the site and didn't find this discussed, so please point me to a thread if I missed it...
Sleep is enabled from the settings screen and I can tell sleep is active because it takes longer for my car to wake up.
5.x changed some of the calculations behind the displayed range, based on the observed battery conditions across the fleet. You're likely seeing that.
That's what I figured. I had the same thing happen in the last update. My concern is that with each update I am showing significantly less range. I assume the range calculations are getting better, so it appears that my battery can't hold the same charge as compared to other 60s.
It may very well be a combination of the revised charge figures with a problem in your battery pack. You may want to call the service center and ask them to take a look remotely, if they can.
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Wait a minute--you're saying that the car now reads text messages that you've received on your phone while driving? If so, nice!
dflye
S Sig Perf 414, VIN 814
Even better, for those drivers like me that don't pay much attention to the visual warning cues, if severe battery trauma is detected and reported back to the mother ship, they could text you a message like "You car has experienced severe trauma to the battery pack and is about to catch on fire. Please stop the vehicle and exit with extreme haste before the ambulance chasing lawyers arrive."
CantaMia Ron
Member
Have you done a full, 100% charge since the 5.6 update and if so, what are the rated miles just after the car stops charging at 100% SOC? We know that the calculations for % SOC changed downward from 4.4 to 4.5, and most (but not all) people are reporting decreased rated miles for the same % SOC setting, but that does not tell you what the rated miles are at 100%.
I just received the 5.6 update from the service center (stopped by on my way home) and yesterday I did a 90% SOC to 171. That is about 4-5 miles less than under 4.5 a couple weeks ago, which in turn is several miles less than it was under 4.5 several months ago.
And to add to the data mix, last night at 6 p.m. the car had 158 rated miles before it went to sleep, and this morning at 7 a.m. it was 156 rated miles. I hadn't been tracking my rated miles loss overnight prior to the 5.6 update, but it's probably an improvement of at least 1 or 2 rated miles over the evening as temps have come down into the 40s here and in the garage it probably in the mid to high 50s by the morning. Am going to start tracking daytime losses when my car sits in my work parking lot for about 8 to 10 hours per day.
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Great, so now people are going to be reading text messages while driving their Model S. As if we didn't have enough distracted driving already.
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