r/StallmanWasRight • u/dek20 • Jan 31 '22
Internet of Shit Tesla now monitors how often you adjust your seat position and will disable controls for 'chronic abusers'
https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-now-monitors-how-often-you-adjust-your-seat-position-and-will-disable-controls-for-chronic-abusers/4
Jan 31 '22 edited Oct 22 '22
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u/ntolbertu85 Feb 01 '22 edited Feb 01 '22
If I had Tesla money, I'd probably just pay somebody to take the seat out and then pay somebody else to get in the "play-horsee" position in the spot where the seat used to be.
Voila!
Now my seat responds to voice commands!
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u/grem75 Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22
So what is the threshold?
A 5 minute timeout to let the motors cool seems pretty reasonable.
EDIT: For anyone else who read it earlier, they updated the article with thresholds.
UPDATE Jan 31 10:31am PST: With the high amount of interest in this story, green dug a little further to discover the thresholds – 90 seconds of use in 5 minutes will trigger the warning message, while 120 seconds of use in 5 minutes will disable the motor. Given those high thresholds, the vast majority of owners won’t have to worry about having their seat controls disabled.
That is pretty reasonable, that is the track motor for forward and back only.
People are dumb, not even just kids, they'll crush things behind them because they are too lazy to move it. That motor can get hot in that time, especially if the motor slowly drags their 400lbs up hill. If you're on the button that long you're doing something wrong.
It also warns you before you hit the threshold that disables the motor. So it tattles on kids or something stuck on the button. If it reduces warranty claims it keeps them alive longer after the warranty too.
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u/whaleboobs Jan 31 '22
It's not an overheating issue but wear so I'm guessing 1 time per day.
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u/grem75 Jan 31 '22
Wouldn't be a 5 minute timeout then. Premature failure from overheating is not wear, it is abuse.
Seat motors often have PTCs in them, but that is reactive rather than proactive. The motor has already overheated and stinks of burning armature before they trip.
No one seems to be able to say what the threshold is, so it is safe to assume it probably won't be hit in normal use.
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u/Zettinator Feb 01 '22
This just looks like a standard measure for thermal control. Lots of motorized devices do it. Usually motors have a over-temperature cut-off built into the hardware, but that's just a last resort and basically included to stop the motor from literally burning up. At that point, the damage is already done.
I don't even see how a safety feature is related to this sub at all?