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Any plans for a heated steering wheel and birds eye view?
- Thread starter Webeevdrivers
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Birdman325
Member
I am pretty surprised they haven’t offered the heated steering wheel yet.
I wonder if someone with a twitter account could make an inquiry to Elon on this topic? Anyone?
Knightshade
Well-Known Member
Birds eye view is physically impossible with current hardware, and they've given no indication the camera HW is changing
Also no mention of a heated wheel but that'd be a lot easier to add at some point- maybe when they start selling models to northern Europe sometime Q1/Q2 next year
Also no mention of a heated wheel but that'd be a lot easier to add at some point- maybe when they start selling models to northern Europe sometime Q1/Q2 next year
Going on 4th winter in our 3rd Tesla now. Never missed the heated steering wheel. Since preconditioning the car is awesome, your wife will likely not miss it either. I turn the heating on just I am heading to the garage - and in a short 4-5 minutes it is already nice and toasty.
We also have a Merc E coupe - awesome interior, but the pre-heating is a joke, mainly because it relies on running the engine to generate heat. Even if I run climate back-to back twice (it shuts down the engine / climate at 10 minutes) it is still just barely lukewarm. In that car I do miss the heated steering wheel.....
So it all depends on how warm is the car by the time to hop in.
You can pre-heat the car using the app so it is warm inside when you get in. To me that seems better than getting in a cold car and turning on the heated steering wheel and waiting for it to warm up.
No one outside of Tesla knows if the features you refer to will be available in the future or not. Anyone who does claim to know is simply speculating. If your wife insists on a heated steering wheel, consider buying a used S or X if a new one is not affordable for you.
We considered the used S. kinda tight in the garage though...or even getting it in the garage thru the door.
We use the pre-heat on our Leaf all the time. Turns on the steering wheel too. Kinda nice.
seattlite2004
Active Member
I have a 2018 Chevy Bolt, and the Bolt's heated steering is noticeable warm 10 secs after power on, and nice and toasty at about 20-30 secs after power on. I use the heated steering wheel more than the heated sests, and I have yet to turn on the cabin heater since I bought the car. On a cold raininy morning/day...that heated wheel is so comforting.
Birdman325
Member
As much as I enjoy a pre heated cabin, there really is no substitute for a heated steering wheel.
Maybe they can make a button that automatically points the driver side vents at the wheel at max heat to give effect of a heated wheel when entering car
seattlite2004
Active Member
Ain't the same. ...and ain't as efficient. Maybe a heated steering wheel cover...it's a kludge...but better than using cabin heat.
I love heated steering wheels, but I found the heat from the vents during pre-heating took the edge off this morning.
Our 3 just got a vin, so I assume starting production.
As soon as it’s done they will add the heated wheel to everyone else in the future.
You’re welcome.
As soon as it’s done they will add the heated wheel to everyone else in the future.
You’re welcome.
Roci
Member
I am hoping when they introduce the heated steering wheel, we will be able to swap it out on our existing cars that came without it. Or a third party may produce a heated wheel that we can swap. It appears to be pretty easy to remove the wheel, remove the air bag and then install the air bag back into a new wheel.
darknavi
Member
I accept that I am not the "norm" here, but my hands get cold just sitting at the wheel. I guess I have poor circulation.
I'd LOVE a heated steering wheel. That and perforated/cooled seats are the only features I miss from my Lexus IS250.
I'd LOVE a heated steering wheel. That and perforated/cooled seats are the only features I miss from my Lexus IS250.
Is there existing wiring to power a heated steering wheel? If not, that would be a major obstacle to retrofitting one. I suspect that this will be very difficult to do and won't be nicely integrated into the rest of the car's climate control system. However, I definitely think a heated steering wheel is in the future cards for the Model 3. I'm disappointed it wasn't part of the current Premium Upgrades Package.
Electric Joe
Member
I tend to agree, but want to point out that my 2012 Signature Model S did not come with parking sensors. The original owner paid Tesla later to add them and you'd never know they weren't original-- the onscreen display showing distance from obstacles was perfect. Imagine how complicated that retrofit must have been! That's a lot of wires, not to mention all the little mounts required and whatever electronics were needed to communicate with the main computing unit to render the images properly onscreen. Compared to all that, adding a heating element to a steering wheel seems doable, even minor.
It would require replacement of the steering wheel, which is minor and should only cost a couple hundred bucks if Tesla had the foresight to include the wiring in the clockspring to connect it to.
