Original article, not that crappy blog:
https://electrek.co/2017/11/29/tesla-mining-bitcoin-model-s-supercharger-power/Now a member of the Tesla Owner Worldwide group on Facebook jokingly suggested using the electricity aspect of Tesla’s vehicles instead of the computing power.
Another member of the forum took it more seriously and built a mining rig to fit the back of his Model S (picture credit: Michael Pearson):
Now that’s a setup for GPUs (though the GPUs are not installed) and therefore, it’s not likely to be used for bitcoins, but it could be used for other cryptocurrencies.
What advantages this setup would have to offer over a regular in-home mining rig? It’s not clear really.
The idea was suggested in order to use the free access to electricity with the Supercharger network. Technically, if someone is able to draw power from the Tesla to power those mining systems, which is what this owner is claiming though it’s not clear how he is drawing the 2.8 kW of power required from battery, they could only use free energy if their Tesla falls under the unlimited free Supercharging program, which represents most Model S and Model X vehicles.
Of course, that presents its own issues. Ethically, it’s not what the Supercharger network is meant to power and therefore, some might find issue with people using it to power mining rigs instead of long distance driving.
Also, it would require an increased use of the battery pack, which is not good for durability.
Finally, that rig would create a lot of heat inside the Model S. Aside for preheating your car while making a few bucks, it’s not clear what use someone would have for that heat. Aside from the free power, which again has its own drawbacks, the setup doesn’t really offer many advantages.
The whole idea is to abuse the unlimited energy in the Supercharging Program.
But this won't work anymore as Tesla has already put some limits in the so called "unlimited" plan.
So it's not that much about Tesla as about "stealing" electricity.
