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2021 Infotainment with upgrade vs 2022 model y
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Hi. Model 3 owner and 2020 raven model x owner here. The entertainment system is as responsive as the model 3. I actually like the vertical orientation considering the x has an instrument cluster behind the steering wheel. It works very well for the map and other stuff I want on the vertical display. The ability to add widgets to the instrument cluster is also great. E.g. navigation and media are my left and right widgets respectively.
"Infotainment upgrade" isn't really applicable to the 2020/2021 Model X (I assume you're thinking about a Model X because you posted in the Model X forum, but you didn't say specifically). Basically the infotainment upgrade updates older MCU1 cars (using the original Tegra processor) to MCU2 (using an Intel Atom processor). Model S/X after about 2018 or so already have MCU2, so the car you're looking at doesn't need the infotainment upgrade.
Let me echo @Nizzore's plug for being able to customize the data shown on the instrument cluster. It's been quite useful on my 2015 Model S. But on the Palladium Model S/X (what many people refer to as "refreshed"), that functionality is no longer there. Yet another instance of "newer isn't always better".
Bruce.
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is the heat pump only on the refreshed X's with the horizontal screen? or do some pre refresh have them too?
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So the 20/21 models have a comparable CPU to the 21/22 Model Y? My Y is pre Rizen processor.
"Pre Ryzen" would be an Intel Atom, very simliar or maybe even identical to the CPU in the Model X you are considering.
Bruce.
Thanks- very helpful.
Do you know how I can tell if the car has the heat pump? Is it only the new 'horizontal screen' refresh only?
Under the software tab click additional vehicle information and it would say "cabin heater: heat pump"
