A new Tesla software update brings an improvement in the estimation of range and consumption by taking into account environmental factors such as wind, air quality and even ambient humidity.

Tesla models, hardware and software are constantly evolving and improving. Thanks to remote updates, they manage to implement new functionalities without having to visit mechanical workshops, as per the software features. Tesla is starting to roll out a new system update, the so called version 2022 point 8 point 2, which introduces improvements and new functionalities as well as a more precise system for calculating range, thanks to being able to take into account different environmental factors.

Although at the moment this new software feature seems to have been unnoticed, some users specialized in the brand's vehicles have given clues about it. According to their own investigations, Tesla models can already specify consumption and autonomy in a better way, by taking into account weather conditions that up until now did not seem to be useful. It basically represents a tiny but important feature that will help users have a better understanding of how far they can travel with their electric vehicles before recharging.

Range calculation is not so easy to achieve. As regarding the consumption of any car, there are many different factors to take into account: although it is the driver who most influences the state of the battery, external agents also intervene that can weigh down expectations. Air density, lateral wind, frontal wind, terrain leveling, atmospheric conditions; all these parameters affect energy consumption and range figures. The electronic brains of regular cars do not normally take such types of (important) data into account.

Tesla cars do though, or so it seems after the last updates announced. According to some social media users and Tesla fans, the new improvement allows winds, air quality and even ambient humidity to be taken into account when calculating consumption and range. We must bear in mind that cars hide many control elements that we do not see, but that are there to fulfill various important uses, as it is in this case.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Nicolas Caballero at torquenews.

My Take: Good idea. The more accurate you make your predictions, the more absolute trust you will build in what the car says.

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A new Tesla software update brings an improvement in the estimation of range and consumption by taking into account environmental factors such as wind, air quality and even ambient humidity.

Tesla models, hardware and software are constantly evolving and improving. Thanks to remote updates, they manage to implement new functionalities without having to visit mechanical workshops, as per the software features. Tesla is starting to roll out a new system update, the so called version 2022 point 8 point 2, which introduces improvements and new functionalities as well as a more precise system for calculating range, thanks to being able to take into account different environmental factors.

Although at the moment this new software feature seems to have been unnoticed, some users specialized in the brand's vehicles have given clues about it. According to their own investigations, Tesla models can already specify consumption and autonomy in a better way, by taking into account weather conditions that up until now did not seem to be useful. It basically represents a tiny but important feature that will help users have a better understanding of how far they can travel with their electric vehicles before recharging.

Range calculation is not so easy to achieve. As regarding the consumption of any car, there are many different factors to take into account: although it is the driver who most influences the state of the battery, external agents also intervene that can weigh down expectations. Air density, lateral wind, frontal wind, terrain leveling, atmospheric conditions; all these parameters affect energy consumption and range figures. The electronic brains of regular cars do not normally take such types of (important) data into account.

Tesla cars do though, or so it seems after the last updates announced. According to some social media users and Tesla fans, the new improvement allows winds, air quality and even ambient humidity to be taken into account when calculating consumption and range. We must bear in mind that cars hide many control elements that we do not see, but that are there to fulfill various important uses, as it is in this case.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Nicolas Caballero at torquenews.

My Take: Good idea. The more accurate you make your predictions, the more absolute trust you will build in what the car says.

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