dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
Definitely not firmware. And really not something that "positively impacts the entire fleet". Except that maybe people who ordered before whatever cutoff they may have in mind will get mad... :-/
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It would positively impact the entire fleet if they were retroactively upgraded for free. To not piss off the owners that already have the twin chargers, maybe some kind of gift cards or refunds.
dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
Given the massive amount of labor involved in doing that, I don't see that happening. And Tesla's regard for people who have already paid can be reviewed in the threads about the people who paid for next gen seats and have now been told they won't get them until May...
Gizmotoy
Active Member
Right, it's a lot of work to install them after delivery, as noted by the labor cost. Plus, a lot of owners simply don't need them. If they had, they probably would have ordered it in the first place. Seems like a huge waste of money on Tesla's part.
A firmware update is far more likely.
I just can't see how Tesla can really afford to give a new charger to everyone who has a car. It would be a massive expense in hardware, time and labour for little gain, in reality ( people usually buy what they need). I suspect there is, as I've said, a battery lease program or some other "against the dealers" setup. It really is wishful thinking and not good for Tesla when the market is closely looking at its bottom line.
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
I thought it worthwhile to bring this forward to the current page, again.
Assuming this is accurately transcribed, we can rule out retroactive charger installs, wouldn't you think?
Any hardware really, albeit the Tank Mode retrofits really did happen.
(But if we are going there, my pet upgrade speculation is a HyperLoop-inspired turbine air scoop to negate that pesky wind resistance. Suddenly the removable nose makes more sense...)
I wasn't aware of these forms, I will definitely ask the next time I go in! Thanks for the tip.
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^ this
Top speed increase wouldn't really be that useful to me (and quite a few other owners I suspect). I understand that some enthusiasts, particularly the P85+ & P85D owners may take the car to the track and want this... but a lot of us won't get the car near it's limit in our time owning it.
I'm of course not opposed to it being done... but if that is the "big item" in the update, I'd be a bit underwhelmed.
I'm of course not opposed to it being done... but if that is the "big item" in the update, I'd be a bit underwhelmed.
dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
Top speed would really not fit that bill. Outside of Germany and small parts of the US (and tracks) no one gets to (legally) use top speed. And even then it is my understanding that at 155 miles/hr (250 km/h) you are likely to get into overheating scenarios... and forget about range. So no, I don't think that's it.
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Same here
I don't think we'll see that happen until after Tesla isn't paying for the data.
I'm sure it's been said (and probably refuted) but I'm hoping for faster supercharging rates. At the time of initial release the rate/taper was no doubt toeing the no-doubt fuzzy line, but with the amount of supercharging/degredation data available now, it might be no impact (or low impact) to bump up another 10-20%.
That would also have an equivalent effect of 10-20%(ish) more supercharging stalls...
That would also have an equivalent effect of 10-20%(ish) more supercharging stalls...
Good point. And when re-reading the statement, I come to the conclusion that it is those features combined that will "positively affect entire fleet".
so I think we're getting a bunch of features. Some will be autopilot only to take care of that deferred revenue. And some will be for all cars. But I think it's clear he doesn't talk about one big feature.
Also interesting to note is that since he promised investors to take care of the deferred revenue this quarter, the probability for a release doing at least that is high. The investors probably don't care much about firmware releases but they do care about revenue.
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
(Optional) UBER comm integration into the big screen would positively affect Pearlie May and me!
dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
The more I think about this, the more I think it will be something much more "obvious".
It has to be something that makes intuitive sense to many buyers and also can be retroactively done for "almost the entire fleet".
That has me think it's something that requires the tech package (that I think would be "almost the entire fleet").
So maybe it is the full rewrite of the navigation software that Elon had hinted about in November of 2013 and had pre-announced for Jan/Feb... we thought he meant 2014
Navigation that takes into account, traffic, weather, wind, charging locations and gives a recommendation as to the best speed in order to arrive at your destination at the earliest time.
Maybe it will even (GASP) support way points
It has to be something that makes intuitive sense to many buyers and also can be retroactively done for "almost the entire fleet".
That has me think it's something that requires the tech package (that I think would be "almost the entire fleet").
So maybe it is the full rewrite of the navigation software that Elon had hinted about in November of 2013 and had pre-announced for Jan/Feb... we thought he meant 2014
Navigation that takes into account, traffic, weather, wind, charging locations and gives a recommendation as to the best speed in order to arrive at your destination at the earliest time.
Maybe it will even (GASP) support way points
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