Thought I recognized that as the plot to a movie

https://www.ign.com/articles/someone-used-chatgpt-to-finish-the-game-of-thrones-book-series

Lol

Yes absolutely. They call it needling though

Nah I copied that permalink from a comment but it doesn’t work

I don’t even remember the post this comment is from, is there a way to search

If you read the article it is different. This relies on physically bringing connections to gain root access to the file system.

It’s also unlikely Tesla can’t just watch for modified files and update them everytime the car goes into drive or something. They probably won’t do it, but to claim it’s impossible is just disingenuous

Except that is really falsifiable. I pull data with TeslaFi and there’s definitely no shenanigans being done.

The simplest explanation is that it’s impossible to say (miles left) when you consume significantly more power going faster, going uphill, on a very hot day, etc. So they just go with the epa estimate based on your % state of charge and that’s it.

If you want detailed info the car will quickly give it to you and consider all those factors if you put in a destination

But it’s addressing the same thing, no? The number it displays is the epa range and any state of charge. I prefer to just show a percentage but either way it’s understood to be an estimate. If you want a true value just enter a destination (you can do a multi leg trip as well)

Also this article is so vague it’s almost useless. I highly doubt this team was just straight up closing service tickets; so more than likely they trained a single team on the talking points of the display number vs real world and thus improved efficiency with service tickets. The article even admits the cars didn’t need any actual service

I said it in another reply but it’s not unlike a phone telling you it has 12 hours remaining, but then you play a graphically intense game and it dies in 2. The margins are much smaller here but the point is still valid

Counterpoint: Ive taken numerous road trips in both of our family’s Tesla (Tesli?) as well as a couple loaners, and the built in navigation is always spot on with the estimates. Like it’s eerie how it can predict within a percentage point on a 2 hour or more drive within the first 10 minutes of a trip.

Range anxiety really is only experienced by those that it doesn’t affect (i.e. potential buyers)

IIRC that was one of the catastrophic events in sim city. Microwave power plant had a chance for the angle to get messed up and essentially laser tornado lines of your city