Friday, 11 March 2016

Tesla has a secret – wanna see?


Seems a Tesla owner & hacker named Jason Hughes has been investigating the Tesla Model S operating software, found something interesting, & decided to share it in this cheeky tweet:


So, what is the secret, & why is a string of gibberish the, “best part”?

Actually, it's gibberish only to human eyes – soon after, this was posted on a Tesla Motors Club discussion thread:


Check the "Result" at the tight hand end
Credit: Tesla Motors Club

P100D? Well, a P85D was a performance version of the Tesla Model S with dual motors (i.e. 4WD) & 85 kWh battery. P90D is similar, but with a larger 90 kWh battery. So a P100D is ...

More:
http://electrek.co/2016/03/04/tesla-os-hacker-model-s-p100d/ / Tesla discontinued Model S 85 kWh battery pack automaker’s next battery upgrade company offers the battery packs highest most energy capacity electric cars on the market cryptic message Elon Musk best clue next improvement higher-end version Model S secret tweet notorious Model S hacker Jason Hughes Tesla community salvaging two Tesla Model S battery packs massive energy storage system off-grid residential solar installation Tesla stationary energy storage products latest project hacking operating system salvaged Model S posts tidbit information Tesla car thread Tesla Motors Club TMC forums information TMC tweet Tesla CEO Elon Musk cryptographic hash functions TMC members trial and error hash cracker decoded value original hash string is P100D hacking Model S Tesla working 100 kWh battery pack performance dual motor Model S references P100D firmware badges badge getting close to release significant 11% increase capacity 90 kWh pack introduced Tesla last year 8% increase battery capacity Tesla industry every year translate increased capacity range full charge energy density improvements add more cells current Model 90D can travel 288 miles single charge performance version Tesla P100D releasing 100D version EPA rated range over 300 miles option Model X 70D 90D P90D Tesla hacker automaker car software /
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