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I'm not sure how this will go down in America, but in New Zealand at least I believe that this will breach the Consumer Guarantees Act. Edit: there's a clause
by yarg 7y ago
I'm not sure how this will go down in America, but in New Zealand at least I believe that this will breach the Consumer Guarantees Act.
Edit: there's a clause in the act that says once the buyer owns the product, they own the product. I believe that this change would breach that clause. I believe that the Model 3 has not yet shipped - so this isn't a retroactive downgrade, and the act might not apply.
- drusepth 7y agoHow would Teslas get any updates in New Zealand if updates breach CGA?
- netsharc 7y agoPresumably software updates that improve stuff/add features are allowed, but not if they make things worse. E.g. VW is being sued in Germany because their "removed dieselgate software" update makes fuel economy worse than advertised. It might fix the emissions to as advertised, but the owners aren't getting better emissions as promised, because the promise was a lie. If that is the case for NZ Teslas, a cute hack would be to trick the car to think it is in New Zealand. Calling the Ukrainian hackers... (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xykkkd/why-american-farme...)
- yarg 7y agoGood luck doing that without breaking mapping.