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Tesla owner catches valet service taking his Model S on a joy ride with
energy usage logs
Bob Wolin, a Tesla Model S owner in Houston, was surprised to see an
impressive spike in energy consumption after taking his car back from the
valet service at Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse last weekend.
Wolin quickly came to the conclusion that the valet took his Model S on a joy
ride. As evidenced by the energy usage widget, he estimates that the valet
floored his Model S and reached speeds of around 90 mph.
That’s why Tesla introduced ‘Valet Mode’, which limits power and
acceleration to 25% (80KW), top speed to 70 mph, and disable certain
settings. It even locks the glove box.
A Tesla owner even created alerts to show on the screen through the browser
when using the ‘Valet Mode’ in order to discourage any misuse of the
vehicle.
As for Wolin’s case, he made a complaint to Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse
and their valet service, which is managed by a separate company, but it doesn
’t seem to be going anywhere. He also requested to get the full logs from
Tesla in order to know exactly what happened during the joy ride.
It’s still interesting that he managed to figure it out without the full
logs, but through monitoring the energy consumption app, which is not
something you can do in most vehicles.
In conclusion, it’s better not to take any chances and activate the ‘Valet
Mode’.
Here’s the local news report on the incident:
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一名叫做Bob Wolin的Tesla車主日前到牛排餐廳用餐
離開後發現紀錄顯示之前他的Model S能源劇烈消耗
車主很快的就得出結論是泊車小弟開他的車去"享受"了
大概是把車開到了90mph(大約是145km/hr)
這就是為什麼Tesla推出了"代客泊車模式"(Valet Mode)
可以限制功率、加速度在25%，手套箱不能開啟，限制最大速度
記得以前看過這功能介紹的時候還有說能限制行駛里程
中央螢幕還會出現教學教泊車小弟如何使用代客泊車功能
我猜同時也是警告意味
讓泊車小弟知道現在已經開啟了代客泊車功能，要他不要亂來XD
這種功能應該是很多車主，不一定只有名車車主想要的功能吧
不會有人喜歡別人開自己的車然後油門重踩
不然去餐廳吃個飯至少也要一小時以上
心存不良的泊車小弟可以用這時間對你的車做很多事
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Tesla owner catches valet service taking his Model S on a joy ride with
energy usage logs
Bob Wolin, a Tesla Model S owner in Houston, was surprised to see an
impressive spike in energy consumption after taking his car back from the
valet service at Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse last weekend.
Wolin quickly came to the conclusion that the valet took his Model S on a joy
ride. As evidenced by the energy usage widget, he estimates that the valet
floored his Model S and reached speeds of around 90 mph.
That’s why Tesla introduced ‘Valet Mode’, which limits power and
acceleration to 25% (80KW), top speed to 70 mph, and disable certain
settings. It even locks the glove box.
A Tesla owner even created alerts to show on the screen through the browser
when using the ‘Valet Mode’ in order to discourage any misuse of the
vehicle.
As for Wolin’s case, he made a complaint to Vic and Anthony’s Steakhouse
and their valet service, which is managed by a separate company, but it doesn
’t seem to be going anywhere. He also requested to get the full logs from
Tesla in order to know exactly what happened during the joy ride.
It’s still interesting that he managed to figure it out without the full
logs, but through monitoring the energy consumption app, which is not
something you can do in most vehicles.
In conclusion, it’s better not to take any chances and activate the ‘Valet
Mode’.
Here’s the local news report on the incident:
==============================================================================
一名叫做Bob Wolin的Tesla車主日前到牛排餐廳用餐
離開後發現紀錄顯示之前他的Model S能源劇烈消耗
車主很快的就得出結論是泊車小弟開他的車去"享受"了
大概是把車開到了90mph(大約是145km/hr)
這就是為什麼Tesla推出了"代客泊車模式"(Valet Mode)
可以限制功率、加速度在25%，手套箱不能開啟，限制最大速度
記得以前看過這功能介紹的時候還有說能限制行駛里程
中央螢幕還會出現教學教泊車小弟如何使用代客泊車功能
我猜同時也是警告意味
讓泊車小弟知道現在已經開啟了代客泊車功能，要他不要亂來XD
這種功能應該是很多車主，不一定只有名車車主想要的功能吧
不會有人喜歡別人開自己的車然後油門重踩
不然去餐廳吃個飯至少也要一小時以上
心存不良的泊車小弟可以用這時間對你的車做很多事
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