{"id":87897,"date":"2019-02-18T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/tesla-is-making-the-model-3-faster-with-a-software-update"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:23:03","slug":"tesla-is-making-the-model-3-faster-with-a-software-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/tesla-is-making-the-model-3-faster-with-a-software-update","title":{"rendered":"Tesla is making the Model 3 faster with a software update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/tesla-is-making-the-model-3-faster-with-a-software-update2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make a regular car go faster on the track, you can add go-fast components like a turbocharger or better fuel, or improve handling components like brakes and tires. Carmakers can also make a dizzying amount of software tweaks to everything from the stability and traction control systems to throttle mapping and how much fuel gets into the engine.<\/p>\n<p>But with an electric car, the software is the star of the show. Code controls everything. That\u2019s why Tesla can introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/how-track-mode-works\">Track Mode<\/a> to the Model 3 with a software download, unlocking new features designed to get the electric sports sedan around a track faster than before.<\/p>\n<p>On something like the BMW M5, putting the car in Sport Mode adjusts a dizzying array of settings for throttle response, transmission, chassis, steering, stability control, and whether the car operates in all- or rear-wheel drive.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/tesla-model-3-track-mode?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign&utm_content=5c6a26d34b73850001b114ad&utm_medium&utm_source\">https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/tesla-model-3-track-mode?con=TrueAnth...utm_source<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make a regular car go faster on the track, you can add go-fast components like a turbocharger or better fuel, or improve handling components like brakes and tires. Carmakers can also make a dizzying amount of software tweaks to everything from the stability and traction control systems to throttle mapping and how much fuel [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}