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:
@elonmusk @teslamotors #tesla I know your secret. SHA256 of best part: 5fc38436ec295b0049f186651ebba5fd55e8d7b81eb61cbd00d3f1bf18dd9c81
— Jason Hughes (@wk057) March 4, 2016
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 ...
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