Haha... great. I was thinking more for the "find a car in the parking lot" situation you mentioned.Originally Posted by scott451
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Haha... great. I was thinking more for the "find a car in the parking lot" situation you mentioned.
Right, my guess too. By the end of production, about 2000 Roadsters with the hardware and another 500 or so without. But it doesn't bode well for future support if they won't deliver on the simple to implement yet high pay-off (from the customer perspective at least) items.
Well they may offer something yet. Phone or web based car communication is something Tesla will definitely have to have in place for the Model S. (Most every other new EV has it!) You'd think Tesla would at least release a Beta for the Roadsters so they can work the bugs out before implementation in the higher volume vehicle.
Is this something you think they'll never do or just will come back to it after the Model S is out?
Maybe Scott needs to start a reservation system? Start with a limited run signature series, then go to general production
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It would be an interesting approach. Of the things I listed (software, backend server, API, front-end), they could use the same backend server, API and front-end for the Model S. They would only need in-the-car software. They could even use the Roadster as a test-bed for the system to be released on the Model S to get plenty of experience and the bugs worked out.
They do have a great record of supporting their roadster owners (gifts, events, priority ordering, etc), but I just can't see them investing the time into releasing such an extensive new feature for the roadster, though (particularly as it wouldn't be available for the pre-2.x cars without the prerequisite hardware).
Maybe they could easily do it for the 2.0s+ but don't want to take the chance of angering their loyal 1.5 owners so it's easier for them to do nothing.
Practical issue... where is the SIM card slot? They have some kind of special air time plan for downloading the logs. If they opened it up they'd have to either carry everyone's bandwidth or somehow accomodate people inserting SIM cards.
I don't imagine data usage is too extreme - a tiny fraction of a single log download. They could charge a monthly fee. They'll have the same problem with the model S.
This all said, I still like the approach from Scott. Very elegant, and we'll end up with more features (such as the recently discussed 'find it in the car park' feature).
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I'm excited about Scott's solution too. Thanks Scott! Especially seeing how a Tesla solution is a few years away at best.
Where is all the hardware hidden for this?
Maybe. More likely they'll have a SIM card slot, and quietly use their account if we don't plug one in, and use our account if we do.
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