[montag813]

Alas, the upgrade won't stick around forever — Tesla generally charges at least $5,000 for the permanent equivalent. Members on the Tesla Motors Club fan forum report that the temporary update will be reversed on September 16th.

That means it can easily be hacked to be permanent, and Tesla just challenged hackers to do just that and upload the code to BitTorrent.

[bgill]

That means it can easily be hacked to be permanent, and Tesla just challenged hackers to do just that and upload the code to BitTorrent.

Bingo. If they can be hacked to increase power, they can be hacked to decrease or not run at all. Hastings anyone?

How fast does that extra juice last when waiting in barely moving evacuation traffic?

Why didn't they give Harvey evacuees the same option? This has law suit all over it.

[Neidermeyer]

That means it can easily be hacked to be permanent, and Tesla just challenged hackers to do just that and upload the code to BitTorrent.
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I’d be parking that car in a metal building on the 16th so the update can’t be received... Tesla will have to send that update to downgrade the “60” model every few weeks to make sure they all get hit... and they will no doubt kill some where the customer paid for the upgrade.