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Except they did not fix anything. The battery readout was lying as so ordered by Musk. This caused people to complain, wanting it fixed. Instead of fixing it (i
by mikro2nd 3y ago
Except they did not fix anything. The battery readout was lying as so ordered by Musk. This caused people to complain, wanting it fixed. Instead of fixing it (in a service centre or remotely) they lied some more. What's so hard to parse here?
- londons_explore 3y agoI think the 'fix' was mostly checking that the car was working as designed, then calling people like this hn commenter[1], and educating them that slow gentle driving is how to get the estimated range, not aggressively braking and driving 90 mph with the AC on max, windows down, and the trunk loaded with 2000 lbs of junk. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36893587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36893587
- mikro2nd 3y agoThe point is that "as designed" was really "designed to mislead" aka "lying", and they got caught red-handed.
- simondotau 3y agoThey got caught red-handed using EPA-rated range in the interface? The number that your Government declares to be the correct one? Oh no. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P32TyLMMM&t=644s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P32TyLMMM&t=644s