Model S at CES 2011 - NVidia Tegra

[Kipernicus]

nvidia + Tesla is super exciting news, but having just come back from a ski trip in Utah, I have a question for you guys in cold climates - is this touch screen going to be a problem when wearing gloves? There may be a voice command alternative, but that gets negated if you have noisy passengers (kids).

 

[qwk]

nvidia + Tesla is super exciting news, but having just come back from a ski trip in Utah, I have a question for you guys in cold climates - is this touch screen going to be a problem when wearing gloves? There may be a voice command alternative, but that gets negated if you have noisy passengers (kids).

If it's anything like the I phone, you have to get special gloves.

 

[Doug_G]

Up here in Canada, the time-honored tradition is to remove your gloves... or if you fiddle a lot you can get those mitts where it flips over to expose your finger tips.

 

[vfx]

I don't need gloves in a heated building. While inside I'll just use my I phone to turn on the car heater before I put my gloves on and go out. Once inside the car I can take them off again 'cause it's toasty already.

 

[AnOutsider]

I'm here but unfortunately no high end camera just my phone. I'm also still not sure this is the new alpha

 

[qwk]

What color is it?

 

[Iz]

Just got an email for Model S reservation holders a few minutes ago. There is new video posted on the TM blog. May have Alpha build. Cannot watch it at work :biggrin:

 

[qwk]

Just got an email for Model S reservation holders a few minutes ago. There is new video posted on the TM blog. May have Alpha build. Cannot watch it at work :biggrin:

It looks like the alpha. 3 videos. No glass roof. Watching now.

 

[Cobos]

Yes it seems to be restricted to reservation holders and probably Roadster owners. My login at Tesla's website had timed out and I couldn't find the blogpost, but when I logged in it was available. Unfortunately no time to watch so have to wait until tonight.

Cobos

 

[Todd Burch]

It's not restricted...look up in the Video section on this site guys.

 

[ChargeIt!]

Or are you refering to http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-vehicle-engineering ?

Edit: Never mind. I just realized that that is the original source of what's in the video section on this site.

 

[mpt]

Will "Max Range" mode dim the screen for an extra mile?

Seriously though; I wonder if we'll see new apps become downloadable or even get to load our own stuff.

 

[TEG]

http://mashable.com/2011/01/06/tesla-s-ces/

 

[cinergi]

Video of Model S at CES: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/tesla-model-s-is-bundled-up-at-ces-we-unwrap-it-video/

 

[Iz]

I wonder if we'll see new apps become downloadable or even get to load our own stuff.

I thought that also. The potential downside is future apps that may interfere with the vehicle's operations. If software is integrated into systems controlling steering, braking, battery usage, etc. we would have to be wary of apps, which may be written specifically to harm these systems.

 

[Doug_G]

I thought that also. The potential downside is future apps that may interfere with the vehicle's operations. If software is integrated into systems controlling steering, braking, battery usage, etc. we would have to be wary of apps, which may be written specifically to harm these systems.

I would hope that critical functions run in a separate, dedicated CPU (or CPUs) from the touchscreen processor. That would minimize the possibility of catastrophic failure. On fly-by-wire aircraft they don't run the entertainment system on flight hardware!

 

[mpt]

I expect that, for simplicity, there will be one entertainment/hvac/display control system and that the guest apps will run in a virtualized sandbox. PEM will be autonomous.

I'm not very concerned about the local guest apps that I install; I'll be careful. I'm more concerned with the increasing use of the bi-directional link between car and data centre. I predict a very nasty hack in the coming years that will ground a significant car fleet.

 

[AnOutsider]

What color is it?

Red. The Invidia guy told us it was the Alpha, but I'm positive it wasn't. Twas still sexy tho!

 

[PaulM]

Red. The Invidia guy told us it was the Alpha, but I'm positive it wasn't. Twas still sexy tho!

I saw the pictures, it definitely is the same prototype we've all seen before. The first public showing of the Alpha will be at the Detroit Auto-show. Only a few days left!!!

 

[bolosky]

I'm more concerned with the increasing use of the bi-directional link between car and data centre. I predict a very nasty hack in the coming years that will ground a significant car fleet.

I have a professor friend at UC San Diego who published a paper showing how you could do that to existing OnStar deployments. Here's a NY Times article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/science/14hack.html and here's the actual paper: http://www.autosec.org/pubs/cars-oakland2010.pdf.