Executive summary of my question -- is this infamous "maps update" useful for those of us
who do not have Enhanced Auto Pilot configured (as a paid-for item), or it is just for use by
Navigate on Autopilot for those with EAP? Motivation: I'm a recent M3 owner / apartment dweller with
weak/non-existent WiFi in my garaged parking space, but with good LTE for regular
firmware updates. I just went thru the trial period for EAP (TACC is great, Autosteer is freaky)
but could not enable NoA to try because it required this update. Even a visit to a Tesla service center was
a fail, because they claimed it took more than 4 hours, presumably because they might have
slow WiFi. From a nerdier standpoint, using my iPhone as a WiFi hotspot overnight was also
a fail. From even a geekier point-of-view (1) how often do these map updates occur?, (2) can
they be "pulled" (user control) instead of "pushed" (by Tesla who knows when, but lack of determinism via
a pull causes more failure), and (3) are they "checkpointed" incrementally like similar-sized 5GB Apple OS updates,
so that when a download runs into trouble, it doesn't need to entirely re-downloaded in toto, exhibiting
possible quadratic behavior and even more failure? If the basic answer it that a maps update is
needed by *all* drivers fairly often, then Tesla should advertise that garage electrical work for charging
(impossible for many apartment dwellers) should also be accompanied by WiFi-enabling improvements.
Unless ... Tesla is re-vamping this whole can of worms.
