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After writing “13 Potential Tesla Demand Factors (Good & Bad) In Coming Years,” I used to be nonetheless brainstorming demand drivers and eager about what makes Tesla automobiles particular. After which I remembered one thing Elon Musk tweeted years in the past. Not lengthy after I purchased my Tesla Mannequin 3 in 2019, we bought an enormous software program improve that added YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and a number of other cool video video games to the Tesla touchscreen. It was thrilling, enjoyable, and made Tesla possession one thing very particular. I believe it was at the moment that Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would push out vital updates to Tesla automobiles about as soon as a month. Today, I hardly ever get vital Tesla system updates, particularly for those who take away “Full Self Driving” updates (which most homeowners don’t get) from the equation.
Truly, going again additional, pre-2019, Tesla was king of Easter eggs. Tesla had included tons of enjoyable, playful, generally even stunning Easter eggs in its vehicles. It appeared that it was typically one or two of those that actually hooked a brand new purchaser. They was hidden extra, the place you needed to know or guess a sure key phrase and kind it in in to disclose the Easter egg. The Tesla rounded up the large ones and put them into a transparent are of the touchscreen. Since then, evidently not quite a bit have been added.
Whether or not we’re speaking effectivity and vary enhancements, nice new options, or just enjoyable and hilarious Easter eggs, Tesla software program updates have been restricted and disappointing for some time. We definitely aren’t getting notable enhancements on a month-to-month foundation — not even shut.
Now, I haven’t spent a variety of time eager about this, I’m just one particular person, and I’m simply going to spend a couple of minutes right here brainstorming some updates it could be good to have. So, Tesla ought to be capable of do quite a bit higher if it cares and tries, however it appears the corporate doesn’t care and doesn’t attempt to add a variety of enjoyable and helpful new options frequently prefer it used to. Listed here are some enhancements I’d like to take pleasure in:
- Make it doable to forged one thing I’m watching on my cellphone onto the Tesla touchscreen.
- Add ESPN+ to the Theater choices. (There’s already Disney+ and Hulu — how a lot more durable may it’s so as to add ESPN+, which is in the identical company household and comes as a part of a package deal with Disney+ and Hulu?)
- Add a Mandalorian Easter egg wherein the touchscreen turns right into a Razor Crest management panel and Grogu exhibits up within the entrance passenger seat on the display screen. Additionally throw in some random missions or “jobs” on supply from the Guild. (Ah, effectively, contemplating Elon Musk’s fights with Disney, maybe this wouldn’t be a authorized choice for Tesla.)
- Give Tesla homeowners the choice to arrange the touchscreen how they need somewhat extra, or a minimum of revert to earlier variations that had been significantly better and simpler to make use of!
- Present an choice to tug a part of a navigation path to a unique avenue of your selecting.
- Present the choice of locking a navigation route in order that it doesn’t change on you whereas driving for no clear purpose.
- Add a warning (a yellow flash on the display screen or one thing, for instance) for when you’re coming into a faculty zone.
- Make different Teslas on the highway appear to be Teslas on the site visitors visualization and present them of their paint coloration.
- Add Tennis Channel+, Peacock, and Paramount+ to the Theater choices.
- Add apps like Google Suite apps, a climate app, Starbucks, Goal, WhatsApp, and many others.
- Give homeowners the choice to have computerized windshield wipers that work like a traditional automotive’s (i.e., that work effectively).
These are only a few fast concepts that got here to thoughts this night for me. Any others?
I can’t recall the final time we bought any updates within the vein of any of those above.
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