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3G to LTE?
- Thread starter Hotwheels73
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Audi just started doing LTE this year and I dont think Mercedes has LTE in its full lineup yet either... so I dont think Tesla is behind by any stretch.
If you do a search you will see that the latest Model S deliveries have LTE.
Anthony7
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travwill
Active Member
I have LTE also, all June 1st after should have it. Few notes though:
1. It actually gets a really good signal, better than a phone.
2. Tesla doesn't have a hotspot feature yet which is what you may be referring to. Negotiating a pay per use or monthly plan is something they could implement by software and then create a wifi hotspot with the wifi hardware built-in also. I bet we will see this within a year-ish.
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Canuck
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Tesla catch up with the other big car makers? Ha! That one really gave me a good laugh.
Tesla is far ahead of the other automobile manufacturers in many of the significant areas of vehicle design. It's the other manufacturers that have to catch up with Tesla.
It seems clear, based on recent reports on these forums, that the Model S is now being built with LTE. But that is a relatively minor detail compared to the many far more important and critical features of the Model S. In general, 3G works fine for Nav and downloading new firmware to the car.
ZestyChicken
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I picked mine up yesterday and it is LTE enabled as well. I wouldn't fret too much if you have 3g. It doesn't make a huge difference. I think now the chip they use slows things down a bit so the display is faster, but not light years faster.
Xenoilphobe
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The consensus on the LTE thread seems to be that this is a hardware update, not just a SIM card update. However, I think the SIM card can be accessed by pulling down on the shelf underneath the touchscreen, if you're willing to experiment.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
I saw a Russian video on this. Tesla doesn't have official support for that part of the world so their data connection don't work limiting the features of the car. In order to fix that they have to replace the sim cards with the local ones. They said that in order to get to the sim card holder they had to get the main screen out and it was a BIG job. In the end everything was put back together and it works 100% but it's not something you should attempt at home.
