@WC: Many of these questions have been addressed in threads such as this. There are other posts by @Nimsys that addressed similar topics that you may find interesting. I think the Karma's limits were set very conservatively to maximize lifetime and reliability. After some experience with the car in the field, they may find that they can relax some of the limits without degrading the car's long-term reliability significantly.
Alternatively, they can give the driver a "Click here to agree" type screen that tries to absolve Fisker of liability if the relaxed limits damages the car so that you can make the choice between longer life and more power.
IMHO, Jailbreaking the Karma at this stage would be a very bad idea since the underlying software is still evolving and not completely stable yet and tweaking parameters may not be the best idea when they are trying to debug the underlying code. It also suffers from the problem that each time Fisker issues a new release, the jailbreak would be lost and you have to start over again.
As much as I would love to have more off-the-line speed and better acceleration, I would not even consider tweaking the software at this stage while Fisker is still working on it.
Finally, "It has enough power for my wife" sounds sexist and a bit condescending. In my experience, female drivers appreciate more power just as much as male drivers.
Alternatively, they can give the driver a "Click here to agree" type screen that tries to absolve Fisker of liability if the relaxed limits damages the car so that you can make the choice between longer life and more power.
IMHO, Jailbreaking the Karma at this stage would be a very bad idea since the underlying software is still evolving and not completely stable yet and tweaking parameters may not be the best idea when they are trying to debug the underlying code. It also suffers from the problem that each time Fisker issues a new release, the jailbreak would be lost and you have to start over again.
As much as I would love to have more off-the-line speed and better acceleration, I would not even consider tweaking the software at this stage while Fisker is still working on it.
Finally, "It has enough power for my wife" sounds sexist and a bit condescending. In my experience, female drivers appreciate more power just as much as male drivers.