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A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla's hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades::A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla’s hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

  • hayes_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2950·
    1 year ago

    I’m not defending this practice (it’s gross), but people and critics almost universally love many people and critics who actually own/drive Teslas love them.

    So, you’re kind of mischaracterizing them as “worse than other cars.”

    edit: it’s unsurprising that this comment is downvoted in a thread hellbent on shitting on Tesla. I don’t know what I expected.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      485·
      1 year ago

      This is an interesting comment to make. For years I’ve seen people shitting all over musk and Tesla, specifically because they have a ton of build quality issues

      No, it’s not “almost universal”. Even before musk becomes public idiot number one, there was a lot of hate for these cars

      • hayes_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        1 year ago

        Maybe my opinion is dated/anecdotal.

        My belief re: critics comes from early days of Tesla, when the concept of a fast ev was very foreign to most auto journalists. So, most of the reviews were something along the lines of “I wanted to hate this car, but goddamn if it isn’t faster than insert critic’s favorite sports car and way more useful too. I’m converted.”

        Re: people in general, I’m basing it off of people I know who own them. That’s admittedly a very small sample size (~a dozen), but their opinions are the polar opposite of what you’ll find on random Internet forums. There’s definitely selection bias going on in both directions.

        For what it’s worth, I’m very aware of the QA issues and no I don’t own a Tesla myself.

        • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          Tesla does a lot of things right - their cars are amongst the fastest around and their charging network is superior to any others to date

          But their build quality is poor and their autonomous driving features are overstated compared to what they can deliver

          Plus their service support is limited due to their direct sell model - there aren’t many places to get Tesla’s repaired

          Tesla did make EVs mainstream though. Consider that their cars outsell popular ICE cars even though the Tesla’s cost 50%+ more

          So, it’s a mixed bag with a lot of their customers, and some outsiders, absolutely fanatical about them, some people hating them by proxy because of Musk, and some people 50/50 on them like any car brand

        • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
          44·
          1 year ago

          Most people that have purchased Teslas have already been invested and just about everything ever including gut feel tells you at that point that they’re not going to say it was a mistake to buy a thing they spent $50-100k on.

          People don’t like admitting they were suckered, and certainly not to people they are trying to impress.

          • theoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            1 year ago

            We have a Tesla and most owners love them because they’re good cars. Cost of ownership is next to nothing and our Model Y had next to no issues so far (scratch on seat when we picked it up which they replaced with a service appointed).

            It costs less than $2 per 100 km to run while the prior car cost closer to $20 per $100 km in premium fuel. Also no oil changes or other significant maintenance (spark plugs, transmission oil, etc.) We save $3000 of gas per year and we’re in a luxurious/premium car. What I don’t understand is why anyone would buy a GLC/Q5/X3 over a Model Y. Who wants to spend $15k on gas in 5 years?

            • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              The economics are compelling, but the cost of ownership for someone like me would also have to factor in the extra interest paid on a loan at least $20K more than a comparably-sized ICE car

          • neutrino@feddit.nlEnglish
            34·
            1 year ago

            How do you come to that conclusion, and why would it be different for any other car?

            I have both a bmw (330, 6 cylinder) and a tesla m3. The bmw is only 2 years older. Nowadays I prefer to drive the m3 by a wide margin for various reasons.

            Musk had nothing to do with that, on the contrary it is more in spite of him than because of him that I bought one. I think that goes for most Tesla owners, as most of them are politically moderate and centrists and do not like extremists like him (or any).

            Right wingers are ideologically against it and rather damage themselves by their ideology, and lefists tend to not have the money :) or (in Europe at least) are against any means of individual non-public transport.