Good point CsR, didn't wk507 offer some kind of gateway to redirect Cellular traffic away from Tesla while still allowing app access, Navigation, streaming services? Great project for the entrepreneurial.
Great pickup Dr! Thank you for sharing that.
While skeptical because of controversy, I think the bleed resistors behavior has been modified since the 05/2019 update. My intentions in bringing this up isn't to pour salt in the wounds. Our cars are very expensive and any purposeful action to degrade this financial value is nefarious. IMO there isn't any battery charging methods that play into capping or battery degradation based on pack balance.
While not defending Tesla nor countering what they know, I think it's more complicated than that. But please believe me when I share how GM ruined my Chevy Volt with a
forced software update. I enjoyed being able to leave it running on battery to air-condition while shopping, camping while plugged-in, etc.
The key to success in the EV market is solving battery longevity. Tesla went all in when other manufactures wouldn't put all their eggs in one basket. Tesla relies heavily on AI to solve this and vision (autopilot). But Tesla infamously underestimates timelines and product production. Tesla's rational is unwarranted because they take our deposits and property to vanguard the technology industry.
They had to insidiously recruit us into this experiment because we would never volunteer our expensive machines and Tesla can't tip off it's competitors. If they do solve the battery problem, it gives them a head start over the competition. No doubt every car manufacturer is chomping at the bit to rip off Tesla because solving the battery problem is extremely difficult and expensive. And think about how many CPO owners would try to make the battery fail by manipulating the matrices used to evaluate a battery.
I can't predict the future but I believe what I am about to share fits well. Tesla designed battery packs to be ad hoc, tentative performance extraction devices. The method of extracting this performance would change with wear but recognizing and rectifying would require data. The hope is that AI that can solve this without relying on battery chemistry, pack version, etc. The underlying degradation patterns across the whole of all these different battery configurations would require individual solutions for performance extraction.
All of our higher milage batteries contain both good and not so good cells. My old Honda Accord Hybrid periodically threw an IMA light. The NiMH pack needed to be drained via 60 W lightbulb and fully charged using a DIY 350V grid charger made from LED light drivers in a series. I believe Tesla did right with higher cell count packs (
fifth paragraph). Maybe it allows greater data resolution in studying the data.
If this is close to the truth:
1) My feelings won't be as hurt because Tesla wouldn't be doing this just to cover there ass at our expense (like GM did to my Volt).
2) The innovation on future products would be tangible enough for me to be a fanboy again.
3) I'd have a "little" more peace over warranty replacement requirements than where we're at presently.
4) Because of the data Model S owners created, powertrain upgrade options can offered based on hardware changes that enhance software longevity.
5) Uncapping restores value to sell and upgrade.
I admit this is me being an optimist. More often than not, the opposite is true. I don't expect Tesla to make ground breaking changes in technology like Solid State batteries. Perhaps ultracapacitors could mitigate wear on the battery packs but likened to Chaserr's stance, this leans more toward a defect that can be arbitrated. More like evidence based software enhancement news around mid-May.
Please challenge/criticize anything I may have overlooked. Thank you.
, but no word from SC on why after I sent bug report and timestamp.
