Comments on: Tesla Model S Firmware Update Brings Improved Sleep Mode, Improved Creep, Tow Mode, & More http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/20/tesla-model-s-firmware-update-brings-improved-sleep-mode-improved-creep-tow-mode-etc/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Marion Meads http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/20/tesla-model-s-firmware-update-brings-improved-sleep-mode-improved-creep-tow-mode-etc/#comment-177503 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55297#comment-177503 The update is indeed a compromise. Tesla or the Tesla fans have defended that the next firmware update should reduce the losses by 99%, here we have 50%-70% reduction. It is a significant reduction, but what remains is still significantly big. Instead of bleeding 4.5 kWh/day, we are now bleeding 2.25 kWh/day!

And now there is a 10-second delay. Let us not have some amnesia here. If I remember correctly, the first attempts at fixing the vampire losses resulted in also a boot-up delay, and the Tesla owners didn’t like it, so Tesla recalled the updates. And now it seems to me that this is the same type of firmware update with the delay is reintroduced again. Why don’t they have the instant boot-up technology for their on-board computers? Extra high price demands extraordinary performance and extraordinary efficiency.

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