With Florence bearing down, Tesla remotely extends some cars’ batteries

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With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the East Coast, Tesla has temporarily given some customers extended battery range using a software update, Electrek reports.

"We are temporarily enabling your car to access additional battery capacity, as well as free Supercharging, in preparation for Hurrican[e] Florence," a notice inside some customers' cars says.

Tesla did the same thing last year as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on the coast of Florida. Tesla is able to do this because it shipped some Model X and Model S cars with 75kWh batteries to customers who had only paid for the 60kWh version of the vehicle. The extra capacity was locked in software, with customers having the option to pay to unlock it.

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