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I've always wondered if Tesla tracks the use of the Superchargers to the vehicle mileage. As an example, if I setup a bunch of bit-coin miners in the trunk, ta
by patcheudor 10y ago
I've always wondered if Tesla tracks the use of the Superchargers to the vehicle mileage. As an example, if I setup a bunch of bit-coin miners in the trunk, tapped into the vehicle battery and continually visited a supercharger to power the rig would Tesla know something was up?
- 7alman 10y agoProbably illegal, but its worth a shot. Let me know how it goes.
- patcheudor 10y agoDoubtful it would be theft of service since I'd assume you are entitled to use the power available from your car for accessories. This leaves us with maybe a terms of service violation?
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- Deestan 10y agoIt would fall under the ever implicit "this is not the intended use case and you know it" clause. It would succeed no better than showing up with a barrel at a burger shop and start filling it from the free ketchup dispenser.
- rl3 10y ago>It would succeed no better than showing up with a barrel at a burger shop and start filling it from the free ketchup dispenser. Not to mention the mechanics of converting the ketchup in the barrel to usable energy would be inefficient and convoluted at best. Better to find some other way to power one's Bitcoin mining rig. :) Though, you could likely dodge any criminal charges by way of insanity in that scenario!
- jzwinck 10y agoYou would be tying up a $100,000 depreciating asset to mine bitcoin for a few weeks or months until you are discovered. You could make more money by not buying the car.
- maratd 10y ago> As an example, if I setup a bunch of bit-coin miners in the trunk It costs about ten bucks to fully recharge a Tesla and about one hour of time. You might break even if you earn minimum wage? But then, how did you afford a Tesla to begin with? Even if we assume you use your time productively while charging ... it all seems a bit silly for ten bucks?
- glenstein 10y agoI think question isn't whether or not mining bitcoins would be productive. I think that was just by way of illustrating a hypothetical question about whether Tesla would notice or care about unusual patterns of energy use.
- maratd 10y ago> I think question isn't whether or not mining bitcoins would be productive. Yeah, that is the question. Because if the math doesn't add up, nobody would do it, meaning Tesla doesn't need to worry about it.
- glenstein 10y agoActually it's not, because it's a hypothetical question being used to illustrate an idea. Instead of looking at the idea being illustrated, you are getting tripped up on the details of the particular hypothetical, that could easily be swapped out without changing the point they serve to illustrate. In this case, the question is whether Tesla would notice or care about unusual patterns of energy use. A real answer that didn't miss the point would be along the lines of "Yes, here's a news article showing that Tesla has algorithms that check energy consumption against mileage, or against a set of expected patterns." Another real answer would be "No, they don't. Here's a comment thread where Telsa users have talked about their experience with charging stations where they didn't run into such limitations." A point-missing answer would be "hey, bitcoin mining isn't that profitable!"
- tudorw 10y agocould you daisy chain a few cars ?
- Angostura 10y agoOr just power your house from the car parked in the garage?
- Deestan 10y agohttps://xkcd.com/1494/ https://xkcd.com/1494/
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoProbable case: you are banned from the Supercharger network after a few weeks. Worst: Tesla sues, or a friendly AG prosecutes, you.
- bdcravens 10y agoMyth is that all you need is free electricity to get rich on Bitcoin. Reality is that a decent miner has about a 9 month break-even, after about 2 1/2 years will be worthless, and you will have made 25% or so on your original investment. That's with free electricity.
- Sohcahtoa82 10y agoBitcoin mining hasn't been profitable for a long time. You won't break even on the cost of the mining equipment, even if the electricity was free.