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If this were the olympics of mental gymnastics, you would take the gold medal in every category. > So, here's the story: He is expecting a number at around 100
by Irregardless 14y ago
If this were the olympics of mental gymnastics, you would take the gold medal in every category.
> So, here's the story: He is expecting a number at around 100 miles because he thinks he's being more efficient now. He sees 50 miles. On a digital display at a hotel at night, he misreads the 5 as a 9, and this fits with his expectation, so he goes to bed thinking he has 90 miles of range. He wakes up and the Tesla has lost 5 miles of range inexplicably -- but it therefore has become 45 miles, which looks totally different. He calls them up complaining that the Tesla lost half of its charge overnight and some sympathetic tech support describes it as a "software glitch."
Pure gold. Thanks for the laugh.
- adestefan 14y agoAnd you're letting your implicate trust and bias into everything that Tesla releases show. Tesla has just as much to lose in this whole ordeal and could just as easily be fudging the numbers.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoIt seems like Tesla would be demanding an apology and a retraction if they were fudging the numbers. Instead, they are asking for an investigation.
- kennethcwilbur 14y agoTwo words: Jayson Blair.
- olefoo 14y agoHe does have a valid point in that both the reporter and Mr. Musk may earnestly believe they are telling the truth. For instance if you look at the cabin temperature graph, it's clear that it was uncomfortably cold for nearly 50 miles; but that it wasn't see your breath cold at any point. But hey, let's all pick sides based on our allegiance to ( east or west coast, Tesla or The Times ) and have a nice little monkey dance about who's right or wrong.
- Finster 14y ago> it's clear that it was uncomfortably cold for nearly 50 miles No, that's not a log of the temperature reading. They logged the temperature SETPOINT. An important distinction. I do this all the time, being from cold climates. I jack up the heat at the start of my trip, and then once I get going, I eventually turn the heater off completely.
- cube13 14y ago>No, that's not a log of the temperature reading. They logged the temperature SETPOINT. An important distinction. It's a thermostat controlled temperature, though. There's no reason to turn it down if it's set to a comfortable temperature, because it will automatically shut down when the proper cabin temp is reached.
- NSAID 14y agoEh. My car is thermostat controlled, and I often adjust the temperature because the vents are close enough to me that it can become uncomfortable. The size of a car makes it a little different than setting a thermostat in your house.
- ajross 14y agoThe difference between theory and practice is ... Nah, forget it, theory is always wrong. Anyone who drives in the cold knows this is wrong. You turn the set point to 90 at the start of the trip, because the built-in logic is going to drive the fans harder when the delta between ambient and set point is higher, and the car will warm up faster. Yes, in theory the software should recognize that. But, in practice.... Nah, forget it. Theory is always wrong.
- cube13 14y ago90 is not a "comfortable" setting, though. I agree completely that's what you do in cold weather. I do that every morning with my car. But after 3+ hours in the car, it's pretty unlikely that you'd lower the temperature at that point. EDIT: Downvotes? Really? If the car's climate control is controlled entirely by a thermostat, then setting the temperature up to 90 will warm it faster when it's cold, but once it's warmed up the cabin, you set the temperature to something comfortable(say, 70). You don't turn it off, because the climate control system is supposed to be doing that automatically.