Tesla Model Y

[Seasonal Hero]

Thanks both. Such a totally different vehicle to what I’m used to. Today it warned me rain was coming and the door was open (I was sorting some bits out). Very cool.

[Still Mulling]

Seasonal Hero said:

Thanks both. Such a totally different vehicle to what I’m used to. Today it warned me rain was coming and the door was open (I was sorting some bits out). Very cool.

Apt username You should name the car that!

[Seasonal Hero]

Still Mulling said:

Apt username You should name the car that!

Good call!

[fezst]

Seasonal Hero said:

Thanks both. Such a totally different vehicle to what I’m used to. Today it warned me rain was coming and the door was open (I was sorting some bits out). Very cool.

It’s a shame it can’t also put the wipers on the right setting when the rain does eventually fall.

[Seasonal Hero]

fezst said:

It’s a shame it can’t also put the wipers on the right setting when the rain does eventually fall.

So I’ve read. But my experience with the auto wipers in rain yesterday was fine. No obvious issues there.

[James6112]

The Y does look good.
Perhaps the Y ‘highland’ style update, later this year?, will improve it a bit. Maybe cost less cash?, but more expensive finance..
Cheap finance on current model 1.9%
If the 3 is anything to go by, the update will be at 9%
So the current is quite tempting!

[Grapevine226]

AlexIT said:

Not AFAIK: you can send the destination via G-Maps, but then the car's going to calculate the routing. However it will take into consideration real time traffic, so it should guide you via the quickest way. In the settings you can set the delay it should consider before directing you on an alternate path: as standard is 5 minutes, I set it to 2 minutes and it superposes exactly on Google's navigation.

There is an option on Google maps to share directions with your Tesla (you can also do this via the navigation option in the Tesla app). Just click on the 3 dots when you've sorted your route and it gives you the option to "share directions".

On an unrelated note, adaptive headlights are now rolling out across matrix equipped 3 cars, and not just the new Model 3. Good news!

[AlexIT]

Grapevine226 said:

AlexIT said:

Not AFAIK: you can send the destination via G-Maps, but then the car's going to calculate the routing. However it will take into consideration real time traffic, so it should guide you via the quickest way. In the settings you can set the delay it should consider before directing you on an alternate path: as standard is 5 minutes, I set it to 2 minutes and it superposes exactly on Google's navigation.

There is an option on Google maps to share directions with your Tesla (you can also do this via the navigation option in the Tesla app). Just click on the 3 dots when you've sorted your route and it gives you the option to "share directions".

On an unrelated note, adaptive headlights are now rolling out across matrix equipped 3 cars, and not just the new Model 3. Good news!

Oh, great! I didn't know that

Yep, looking forward to the matrix update

[Seasonal Hero]

And to Model Y's apparently - albeit a S L O W rollout

[Still Mulling]

Seasonal Hero said:

And to Model Y's apparently - albeit a S L O W rollout

Where do you find out the update roadmap?

[AlexIT]

Still Mulling said:

Where do you find out the update roadmap?

I look here:
https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/

[Still Mulling]

AlexIT said:

I look here:
https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/

Nice, thank you.

[Gone fishing]

Notateslaapp are ok for aggregating news from as many different sources as they can find but they know very little first hand. The implication is a spurious tweet by somebody gets turned into news in the same way as hard evidence from a different source and as a result they sometimes get it wrong.

For validated news, Teslafi and Tesla-info both publish details of release rollout and notes taken from actual cars. There’s also Teslascope but they’re so up themselves it’s untrue.

[Seasonal Hero]

Mine updated this morning.

[AlexIT]

Seasonal Hero said:

Mine updated this morning.

I was about to ask the dumbest question: how do the Matrix headlights work?

you may keep the answer for tomorrow

[Seasonal Hero]

AlexIT said:

I was about to ask the dumbest question: how do the Matrix headlights work?

you may keep the answer for tomorrow

I will be driving it for a 100 mile trip this evening so I can report back but as I understand it they dim/close down pixels to prevent other traffic from being blinded whilst at the same time illuminating bits that are safe for full beam. Similar to BMW's Laser Lights (but I'm not expecting it to be that good as, with the wipers, it's using cameras rather than sensors).

[Durzel]

Based on a limited 3.5 mile drive in my 2020 M3P, they work surprisingly well. Didn't get flashed once, main beam was on the whole time.

[Grapevine226]

Whilst this shows how the matrix headlights work for the latest model 3, I assume very similar for the Y:

https://youtu.be/44JkQarOihk?si=IwGrNrbmf7Y8MGZU

[NDA]

Looking forward to trying them out.... I generally don't use 'auto' headlights, but may do now.

[u-boat]

Grapevine226 said:

There is an option on Google maps to share directions with your Tesla (you can also do this via the navigation option in the Tesla app). Just click on the 3 dots when you've sorted your route and it gives you the option to "share directions".

On an unrelated note, adaptive headlights are now rolling out across matrix equipped 3 cars, and not just the new Model 3. Good news!

Didn’t know you could share from google map as that’s cool. I assume you need the Tesla app on that device though?