Bernard Murphy
Moderator
Remember the Apple battery fiasco? It's not just them or just phones. All electronics ages. Latest case in point - inverters aging in Toyota Priuses or rather the solder joints under those inverters are aging. Which led Toyota to update software (sound familiar?) to reduce demand on those devices to mitigate the problem by drawing more heavily on the gas engine. Result, significantly lower mpg that those hybrid owners expected.
Apparently not a problem (or less of a problem) for all-electric Teslas, but the tool-around-town electrics may still have a problem. Except that they don't have a gas engine to fall back on. Maybe they'll be updated to just run slower, like your old iPhone?
Do electric cars dream of software fixes? - Difference Engine
Apparently not a problem (or less of a problem) for all-electric Teslas, but the tool-around-town electrics may still have a problem. Except that they don't have a gas engine to fall back on. Maybe they'll be updated to just run slower, like your old iPhone?
Do electric cars dream of software fixes? - Difference Engine
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