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Tesla Updates Model S Software As a Precaution Against Unsafe Charging

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Tesla is a danger by WOOFYGOOFY · · Score: 1, Troll

    Tesla is a danger to the prostitute and coke habits of the CEOs and members of board of every Established Car Maker in the world. It should therefore be banned.

    I am glad to see Texas is leading the way in this regard. Y'all don't Don't Mess With Texas!

    http://jalopnik.com/how-texas-absurd-anti-tesla-laws-turn-car-buying-into-1451492195

    Also: yeeeeeeeHAW!

    1. Re:Tesla is a danger by CanHasDIY · · Score: 0, Troll

      Really? I thought we'd gotten past this whole Elon-claims-Texas-is-singling-him-out-when-the-real-issue-is-that-he-wants-a-special-exception-made-for-his-company-and-his-company-alone-and-the-Texas-legislature-isn't-letting-him-cheat-the-system thing.

      Try Ohio instead, their legislature actively tried to block Tesla out via legislative fiat earlier this year. Texas just refused to bend the rules for him, and rightly so.

      --
      An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
    2. Re:Tesla is a danger by WOOFYGOOFY · · Score: 0, Troll

      FTFY:

      The current iron-clad Texas misegenation law is the result of years of lobbying by the powerful and well-connected Texas Apartheid Dealers Association (TADA), founded and run for 30 years by legendary Texas slaver Buford T Justice

      your point seems to be if an industry can capture a legislature fair n' square then that's all on the up and up and should changing times force exposure of the resulting outrageous and ridiculous laws to the light of day and consequently people have a PROBLEM with those laws , well, they should just mind their own business and STFU.

      I think this is what people are saying. At least, it's what I am saying. You're trying to make it all about when the laws were passed or how long they've been around distorting market conditions.

      But no one else CARES about that detail because it's IRRELEVANT to the fact this is nothing more than a regressive and unjust good ole' boys system which is bought and paid for by its direct beneficiaries. The longevity of the law is 100% irrelevant and yes, it IS currently being used by oil-loving Texas and its oil billionaires to keep an electric car off the road in Texas

  2. Sounds like something Microsoft would say by JoeyRox · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's not a bug it's a feature!