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0 points_ea1k2y ago0 comments

It would be interesting to hear the real story here. These cars tend to have artificial power restrictions for reliability.

It is possible that they did test it, but there were late software changes to reduce the power restrictions for marketing reasons. And maybe things weren't retested as much as they should be?

It could be as simple as them doing the engineering analysis, finding the potential problem, and then being overridden because someone thought it wouldn't happen in the real world.

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ballenf2y ago

Could be, but if the marketing department can push spec change past tested conditions on critical safety components without retesting then there's an organizational/cultural lapse running very deep.

We're talking about the relay that turns off high voltage in accidents and can weld itself in a permanent "on" state if people drive their sports car too sporty.

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