Tesla Updates Model S Software As a Precaution Against Unsafe Charging

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 26, 2013 @07:00AM from the belt-and-suspenders-and-superglue dept.

zlives writes "Tesla Motors has maintained that the most recent fire involving one of its Model S electric vehicles isn't the result of a vehicle or battery malfunction, but the company is still addressing the situation with a software fix, according to Green Car Reports. The California-based automaker has added a software function that automatically reduces the charge current by about 25 percent when power from the charging source fluctuates outside of a certain range, Green Car Reports says, citing the Twitter feed from an Apple employee, @ddenboer, who owns a Model S. You can read the text of the update below."

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Re:Tesla can't fix the basic problem by Stargoat · 2013-12-26 07:15 · Score: 5, Funny

If electricity is outlawed, only outlaws and Nikola Tesla will have electricity.

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Hoist Number One and Number Six.
Re:Tesla can't fix the basic problem by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-26 07:35 · Score: 2, Funny

I have 20,000 volts, and I'm not afraid to use them!
Re:makes me want to own a Tesla... by ArtForz · 2013-12-26 10:45 · Score: 3, Funny

"This light switch caused my house to explode!"
"Huh?"
"Well, there also was that gas leak, but that wasn't a problem until I flipped that switch."