"Secret Sauce" power upgrade coming - beyond Ludicrous

[gsxdsm]

Remember how a lot of folks were convinced there was no refresh. While I certainly doubt the facts presented in the video, I think its helpful to have an open mind.

 

[brianman]

Remember how everyone was convinced there was no refresh.

I think you use the word "everyone" incorrectly. Also, this color doesn't look good on you.

 

[gsxdsm]

I think you use the word "everyone" incorrectly. Also, this color doesn't look good on you.

Note taken. Edited to explain my point a bit more carefully.

 

[brianman]

While I certainly doubt the facts presented in the video, I think its helpful to have an open mind.

Concur.

 

[Edmond]

The 'special sauce' was chili con carne on enchiladas...

 

[ecarfan]

This twitter account now says

"I have been advised to make no comments at this time. - Adam Schmidt (@KevlarCondom)"

Which is actually a "comment". Designed to publicize his "transgression".

Pure promotion.

 

[wk057]

Performance Demo Mode does not *increase* performance. It can only be used to *decrease* performance.

See my posts on the topic from a while back when I first discovered it:

Chassis CAN Logging To ASCII Text Plus Graphing

You can see in the graph I posted soon after that the performance is quite literally identical in "Max" as it is to not messing with performance demo mode at all.

Chassis CAN Logging To ASCII Text Plus Graphing

(Took me an obscene amount of time to find these posts due to the hard-coded 20 post per page limit, and I'm reminded of why I don't come here anymore...)

 

[sorka]

This twitter account now says

"I have been advised to make no comments at this time. - Adam Schmidt (@KevlarCondom)"

Sounds like he did break some NDA...

If he had really violated the terms of an NDA, he wouldn't then be allowed to turn around and post that he was advised not to say anything. That in itself would most likely violate the terms.

Sounds like it's just the next step in an elaborate hoax.

 

[James Anders]

Yeah, I got your "secret sauce" right....

 

[Andyw2100]

Sounds like it's just the next step in an elaborate hoax.

Or a step that he is taking to try in some way to save some face.

Perhaps somehow things went other than how the guys who made the video expected them to go, and pulling the video and making that statement is just part of the damage control.

But like Sorka and others, I don't believe Tesla was in any way involved in the video being pulled. Getting involved in any way with a video like that, and the guys who made it, would be beneath Tesla.

 

[mikeash]

I'm not sure about this "beneath Tesla" idea. This is the company that canceled a guy's car reservation just because he was a total jerk, after all. (Not that I'm particularly critical of that move, but it was rather petty.)

 

[RogerHScott]

if you have a PxxD you can press and hold the T, enter performance as the password, and a menu appears allowing you to get your car to emulate lower performance models. This is apparently used by sales centers to give test drives where people can see what the different models feel like.

This is precisely how we received our test drive. We were interested in the 90D, but the dealer only had a P90D available, so the salesperson just dialed it down to "90D", except at the very end when he turned it all the way back up so we could experience a Ludicrous launch It seemed to require a lot of fiddling on his part to change this.

 

[RogerHScott]

would be beneath Tesla

Does Tesla employ even a single lawyer? If so, nothing is beneath them. I have seen small, otherwise-very-reasonable
companies behave like total jerks when they don't keep their lawyer on a short enough leash.

 

[AWDtsla]

I suspect it's confirmation bias, but I swear that "max" feels even more aggressive and quicker than my car normally does.

Before or after it's "ready"?

 

[mgboyes]

Before or after it's "ready"?

Before In fact, without enabling max battery or launch mode. Anyway wk057 has already debunked the theory that Max power might be more than normal.

 

[ohmman]

Does Tesla employ even a single lawyer?

They have an entire legal department. You can view jobs available for that department by filtering on their career page. It's not a small facet of the company.

 

[RogerHScott]

They have an entire legal department.

That was a rhetorical question.

 

[ecarfan]

That was a rhetorical question.

Sometimes that is difficult to determine in plain text communication as opposed to face to face.

 

[notAmeenPerson]

I watched the video before it was taken down. I stumbled upon this article that came out a while ago. You'll notice that it uses the same secret sauce phrase. Perhaps the upgrade he was testing out was tuned for performance rather than an increase in range.

Temporarily increased inverter efficiency could mean more power from the batteries reaching the motors, subsequently resulting in a performance increase? I don't know I'm grasping at shadows.

Barnacules on Twitter

 

[whitex]

Perhaps the upgrade he was testing out was tuned for performance rather than an increase in range. Temporarily increased inverter efficiency could mean more power from the batteries reaching the motors, subsequently resulting in a performance increase? I don't know I'm grasping at shadows.

If they could increase the efficiency of the inverter, that would both - help range AND possibly allow higher top end power.