Elon Musk says he's "about to end range anxiety" through a software update to the entire Tesla Model S fleet. It's happening this Thursday, and the sound you hear is the Speculatron5100 grinding to life as everyone tries to figure out what the hell Musk is planning.
First few thoughts:
source: gizmodo.com by Damon Lavrinc
- This could have something to do with the "torque sleep" mode Musk promised for Tesla's dual-motor models that boosts efficiency by intermittently tweaking power output to each motor while coasting. However, Musk says this over-the-air update affects all Model S sedans, so that's probably not it, and just managing power output might not be "the end" of range anxiety.
- Then there's the battery swap possibility, which hasn't rolled out to anyone beyond one station accessible to maybe a few dozen (at the most) hand-picked Tesla owners (likely employees). That's more of a hardware thing than a software thing, so maybe there's more to read between the lines.
- Finally, Musk and his engineers have figure out how to wirelessly send power to the Model S using a combination of satellites, mirrors, and thousands of solar-powered lasers that charge the batteries using magic crystals and unicorn tears while the cars are in motion.
source: gizmodo.com by Damon Lavrinc
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