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> 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 br

• glenstein 10y ago
  I 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 ago
      Actually 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!"