Tesla Performance Hacks Electric Cars

Tesla wins lawsuit against whistleblower accused of hacks.

Tesla performance hacks electric cars.

One of the interesting things about modern electric cars is their ability to be modified relatively easily via software. For a few years now tesla. Tesla s latest software update is blocking performance hacks in the model 3 and other electric cars. And tesla cares a lot more and they release software patches quickly like a tech company does.

Even so this suggests would be performance hackers could be in for a challenge if they want to maximize the potential of tesla s evs without the company s blessing they might not have more than a small window of time before. The automaker won its case against an ex employee who sought whistleblower protections and was accused of hacking tesla s gigafactory. It said that only three customers are known to have updated their cars with tesla code before trying the update. Tesla of course understands this and takes full advantage of it by.

Tesla fights performance hacks for its electric cars electrek co 240 posted by editordavid on sunday august 23 2020 07 57pm from the unpaid upgrades dept. Tesla doesn t sell a software upgrade from its model 3 dual motor to its model 3 performance but the vehicles are virtually the same when it comes to hardware without the performance package. Tesla is starting to fight back against owners who are hacking their cars to unlock a performance boost that the automaker is itself selling as a software update.