Rumormill: 2010 Tesla Roadster gets upgrades including wifi connectivity

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Tesla Roadster Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery

While owners of the current Tesla Roadster get the benefit of driving their bad numskull electric vehicle today, people who are on the list for a 2010 model will get a few benefits that operate 2009 owners jealous. Tesla Motors Club constituent DrComputer wrote about “a conversation with Ted at corporate” that revealed some improvements to the of recent origin cars. A tipster sent in a similar list of upgrades. The upgrades embrace:

New power electronics module
Better cooling for the power electronics
Improved AC with unsteady speed fans
Built in WiFi cards that connect the Roadster to the Internet (unless you mould the feature off) and gives Tesla the ability to interact with the car remotely. Also, this could expand the door to mobile phone apps that talk to the car.
Glove case locks when you lock the car (to permission it out by the top on the ground)

Both sources mention the ability to twig vehicle performance modes – from Range to Standard or Performance (but not back to Range) – with the key instead of needing to change modes via the screen. There has been no official confirmation about these upgrades, but none of them would surprise us if they were true. Thanks to Dan for the tip!