‘Tesla owners in Florida got an early, although temporary, Christmas present, if you can call it that.
Those motorists in the Hurricane Irma evacuation zone earlier this month remotely received about 40 additional miles in extended range for their electric cars before they needed a recharge.
Tesla vehicles apparently are equipped with the same 75 kWh battery, but software installed in less-expensive models limit capacity to 60 kWh.
Gridlock on Florida roads evidently convinced Tesla to unlock all the battery packs for those in the path of the storm so that there would be less likelihood of people running out of juice while stuck in traffic heading north.’
Read more: Tesla caught ‘crippling’ the battery life of cars, then controlling their discharge capacity from headquarters

‘Tesla owners in Florida got an early, although temporary, Christmas present, if you can call it that.
Those motorists in the Hurricane Irma evacuation zone earlier this month remotely received about 40 additional miles in extended range for their electric cars before they needed a recharge.
Tesla vehicles apparently are equipped with the same 75 kWh battery, but software installed in less-expensive models limit capacity to 60 kWh.
Gridlock on Florida roads evidently convinced Tesla to unlock all the battery packs for those in the path of the storm so that there would be less likelihood of people running out of juice while stuck in traffic heading north.’
Read more: Tesla caught ‘crippling’ the battery life of cars, then controlling their discharge capacity from headquarters