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minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoFor ice cars If you are outside warranty you can just have your ECU remapped and gain much more hp. I am guessing these remaps will eventually be available for electric motors too
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoI’m not sure about other EVs, but on the BMW iX, a lot of the computer stuff is encrypted now, and has to be signed with BMW’s private key (i.e. they’ve actually implemented encryption correctly). Apps like Bimmercode don’t work on it.
For ice cars If you are outside warranty you can just have your ECU remapped and gain much more hp.
I am guessing these remaps will eventually be available for electric motors too
I’m not sure about other EVs, but on the BMW iX, a lot of the computer stuff is encrypted now, and has to be signed with BMW’s private key (i.e. they’ve actually implemented encryption correctly). Apps like Bimmercode don’t work on it.