Hacker digs up Tesla P100D evidence - then finds his car downgraded

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It looks like Tesla’s got a new car in the works – and it isn’t the eagerly awaited Model 3, either.

An official announcement hasn’t come from charismatic company frontman Elon Musk, so why are we so confident in an iminent reveal? Because a hacker found the evidence built into his own Tesla car.

P85D owner Jason Hughes found the logo for an as-yet-unannounced P100D in the car’s latest firmware late last week.

Based on Tesla’s naming conventions, that would mean the new car would have a massive 100kWh battery pack – up from 85kWh in Hughes’ P85D and 90kWh in the current top-end P90D.

Hughes isn’t exactly a stranger to the inner workings of Tesla cars; he previously turned the battery pack from a wrecked model into a storage array for the solar panels fitted to his house.

That’s why Tesla fans were quick to decrypt the mysterious tweet he posted just before the weekend.

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