254 miles anybody?

[WattsUp]

The MFM site and iPhone app suddenly reporting my car has a very Tesla-like 254 miles of range on a full charge (car itself says 82 miles).





Anyone else seeing this nonsense?

 

[davideos]

It has gotta be that new math everyone is talking about.

 

[jmueller065]

My coworker saw that when the website first switched over. It cleared itself after he hit "update" a couple of times.

Also note that the number 254 is 0xfe (hexadecimal for you non-software types) which may indicate a special value--or not, could just be a coincidence.

I've noticed on both websites that the data from the car seems to get queued up sometimes and I have to repeatedly hit "update" to get to the next set of data.

 

[EVA]

Nope, that's about the only thing that is accurate on the new website.

How funny is the ZenMaster contest? Don't you love that somebody is getting 1,800 Wh/Mile?

 

[WattsUp]

My coworker saw that when the website first switched over. It cleared itself after he hit "update" a couple of times.

Sounds great. Most of the time, "Update" just fails for me.

At some point tonight, it finally corrected, but it was showing 254 for quite a while.

 

[Santo9]

Not a non sense
It is only when car is on stop ( like in the driveway ) after a ride .the little energy the car spent are calculate by the computer showing a huge mileage to do at this consumtion rate .
It is desapear fastlywhen star moving the car .....to compare it is like releasing the gas pedal decending the hill , the computer calculate 0.2 liter per 100km .

 

[WattsUp]

Not a non sense
It is only when car is on stop ( like in the driveway ) after a ride .the little energy the car spent are calculate by the computer showing a huge mileage to do at this consumtion rate .
It is desapear fastlywhen star moving the car .....to compare it is like releasing the gas pedal decending the hill , the computer calculate 0.2 liter per 100km .

No, what I saw above was almost certainly a bug. It eventually corrected itself without me touching the car. As someone else noted, 255 (or 0xFF in hex) is kinda of a suspicious "computery number", making the behavior smell like a bug.