Apparently they worked with Pobst.
I would like to hear more opinions of how the car feels. The more computers have to do with the car's handling, usually the less organic and enjoyable the car feels across a wide variety of situations, regardless of the numbers. There's nothing new about computer controlled shocks. But in the Model 3, the handling is tuned additionally by tweaking a lot of other things regarding the motors and regen. It would be like a gas car automatically downshifting as you lift the throttle, not because it is trying to stay in the right gear, but to generate some weight transfer or otherwise change how the front or rear grips, to assist the actual chassis tuning. Or maybe a little more accurately, to compensate for some kind of inherent chassis deficiency. I kind of push back against that.
I also don't like this part:
How different is this than an OEM saying "make sure you slap some dry ice on that intake manifold between 1/4 mile runs." That would be a ridiculous requirement but this is kind of like that.After that, it would be lapping and experimenting to start shaping a future software update. In total, three Teslas were tag-teaming through the lapping, as software, tires, and pads are swapped, the battery packs supercharged to 95 percent capacity (giving the battery room to absorb regenerative energy) and thermally preconditioned (cooling both motors and the battery; underway, the hotter motors use the big battery as a heatsink).
But regardless, this is all good stuff - I have no issue with any manufacturer trying to improve their vehicles!