Tesla providing Range Assurance and Trip Planner application in Model S software update
19 March 2015
Tesla Motors will address range anxiety for Model S drivers through an over-the-air (OTA) software update that will include a Range Assurance application that runs even when the car is shut off and a Trip Planner, CEO Elon Musk said during a press conference.
Range Assurance communicates with Tesla Superchargers en-route as well as available parking-spot chargers at a destination, and provides a warning to the driver when he or she is about to drive out of range. The system factors in terrain and driving style, “making it basically impossible for a Model S driver to run out of range unintentionally,” Musk said.
Trip Planner automatically displays the best charging options en route.
The next major release (version 7) of the Model S software will include autopilot functionality.
This news of: 'the end of range anxiety' has made Tesla crack the $200 a share barrier.
Going down.
Or perhaps that was the 26.8% decline year on year in registrations in California:
http://insideevs.com/california-plug-electric-car-registrations-2014/
Or it might have been the layoffs in China:
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/03/19/layoffs-happening-at-telsa-china/
That is together with their estimated 120 sales there in January.
Posted by: Davemart | 19 March 2015 at 02:42 PM
It is still better to have a support team, like for hot air balloon trips.
Posted by: ToppaTom | 20 March 2015 at 04:04 PM