Boombox is here.

[Irata]

I think they should offer a retrofit, although more for the PWS. I do worry that as all cars have it installed, all pedestrians will fall back to assuming all cars have it regardless of age, so it may make the matter worse for older cars just as some were starting to get use to checking for quiet cars.

 

[GRiLLA]

Intersteing that these reprt all mention the increased risk to blind people... you'ld think it was deaf folk more at risk. Hmmm.. perhaps we should legalise strobes to help the deaf?
Reality check - if having sound to alert folk to a car then that needs to be a standard sound for all cars - otherwise it could just be another yahoo with a radio.
Whatever gets decided and however much fun it might be to have a choice of sounds the last thing that's needed is more noise pollution for the sake of it.
And whatever happened to drivers looking where they are going - must be searching for a touch screen icon?

Try closing your eyes and cross a busy car park then let us know which sense you are relying on.

Deaf people can see reversing lights, or see if a driver looks like they are about to start driving from the front. Having a car make a noise isn't very useful to someone who struggles to hear it.

These AVAS noises are not loud, just enough. My Leaf's noise was barely audible inside the car, and certainly isn't anything from more than about 10m away. Anyway Boombox for the UK is novelty horn noises when you are stationary only, and I agree there is no value, and would almost certainly just be annoying. I can't see why Tesla think they would be legal, our law if fairly simple and clear on any 'horns'.

 

[sampglov1987]

Do we have a definitive answer on which models have this now? I have a MIC March21 Delivery, is this too early to have it? I can’t check the car at the min to confirm

 

[Dilly]

You could have farted at them ....

I wanted them to move not choke

 

[Durzel]

Do we have a definitive answer on which models have this now? I have a MIC March21 Delivery, is this too early to have it? I can’t check the car at the min to confirm

If it's not doing it now, you probably don't have the speaker but like most people have the wiring taped up inside the wheel arch enclosure.

 

[Mr H]

I wanted them to move not choke

But then you could sneak away in the 'green mist'

 

[Puzuk]

Can you change the noises played while driving a slow speeds ?

Not that I can tell, no option for this so we just get the UFO noises....

I did embarrass the wife today however by making the car say 'Oh I say' (posh) when she approached in a carpark.. ;-)

 

[OliLondon]

Not that I can tell, no option for this so we just get the UFO noises....

I did embarrass the wife today however by making the car say 'Oh I say' (posh) when she approached in a carpark.. ;-)

Haha I did exactly the same - great minds

 

[Tesl@_MCS]

 

[Durzel]

Another quality video from @RSymons

EDIT: Kinda lame that you get both the regular horn noise and whatever sound you select.

 

[MarkieMarkP3]

Not really related to delivery (Mine is the 16th yay) but I asked on the chat if the car would have the boombox installed as previously it has not been. Was told the recent deliveries have has the Boombox and boombox enabled in software so thats nice! Can't wait to add this:

 

[corbett666]

Not really related to delivery (Mine is the 16th yay) but I asked on the chat if the car would have the boombox installed as previously it has not been. Was told the recent deliveries have has the Boombox and boombox enabled in software so thats nice! Can't wait to add this:

Sadly it seems the UK / Europe boombox is seriously limited. The US menu allows you to select Horn sound, Drive sounds and Smart Summon sounds...

We get horn sounds that turn off as soon as you put it in drive. So best we can do is sit in a car park and fart at people as they walk past, or play music outside the car. I was so looking forward to driving with tie fighter SFX! But never know, laws might change...

 

[PaulMD]

Hoping they add drive sounds to UK soon, got my BTTF Delorean/Luke's landspeeder sound ready!