<story><title>Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/17/teslas-model-s-gets-ludicrous-mode-will-do-0-60-in-2-8-seconds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stefanobernardi</author><text>Even if not a software update, I still find Tesla&amp;#x27;s way of thinking of a car as an actual (continuously update&amp;#x2F;upgrade-able) product fascinating. Very rare for hardware.&lt;p&gt;It gives an amazing user experience, &amp;quot;Hey restart your car and it&amp;#x27;s now got X and Y&amp;quot;. Respect.&lt;p&gt;Edit: clarifying the term &amp;quot;product&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tthayer</author><text>Agreed. The 2015 Mazda3 we just bought has a horrible info&amp;#x2F;nav system that crashes and frequently stops responding. I&amp;#x27;m guessing the actual chance of it ever being fixed at 0%. Tesla&amp;#x27;s get an automatic OTA update that would fix that kind of thing and it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be something you&amp;#x27;d have to &amp;#x27;deal&amp;#x27; with for the rest of your ownership of the vehicle.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/17/teslas-model-s-gets-ludicrous-mode-will-do-0-60-in-2-8-seconds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stefanobernardi</author><text>Even if not a software update, I still find Tesla&amp;#x27;s way of thinking of a car as an actual (continuously update&amp;#x2F;upgrade-able) product fascinating. Very rare for hardware.&lt;p&gt;It gives an amazing user experience, &amp;quot;Hey restart your car and it&amp;#x27;s now got X and Y&amp;quot;. Respect.&lt;p&gt;Edit: clarifying the term &amp;quot;product&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nicboobees</author><text>This is an awful user experience though.&lt;p&gt;Look at mobile phones.&lt;p&gt;An old Nokia 3210 or something, just works. It does everything fine. It works as a phone. It was designed from start to finish, and built.&lt;p&gt;Compare that with Android. Every update they seem to break or remove some functionality. Endless software updates, restarting, etc. It was shipped with bugs, it&amp;#x27;ll always have bugs.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not convinced this is an improvement. Also obviously has some pretty big consequences if the update system is hacked, or if there&amp;#x27;s critical bugs etc.</text></comment>