evNewbee
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I have the 2021 MY and I also have the center console storage organizer tray so it may significantly reduce airflow which results in warm air building up. It's not particularly hot but it's warm enough that it might affect the performance of the Pi. Noted that I overclocked it and have the ICE mini fan on it as well but if I stash the Pi in the center console storage underneath the organizer tray, it still gets warmer than I wanted. However, the 2021 pre-refresh center console does not have enough USB port to power both devices (the USB-C port surprisingly only powers the wireless charging mat and nothing else). So if I am to keep using the LTE router to wire up the Pi for internet connectivity, I would need to put both under the arm rest storage. However, it still get significantly warm inside as it does not get enough cool airflow.I saw you mentioned you previously had pi under center armrest but you thought unit was getting hot. I am not sure which car you have. But I do not have this issue. I no longer overclock pi too As of tesla-android 2022.45.1 . The model y under armrest storage is not air tight so perhaps that is why I do not have heat issue. It does get warm in there but not horrid. I do tend to keep my travel router in the cup holder in front of the arm rest storage area since that gizmo does tend to give off a bt of heat.I never tried keeping it in same area as pi, perhaps I will. I drove 4 hours the other day up the coast of California, no heat issues.
I am planning to try using and Android for internet tethering and placing both under the center console and see if this will create any heat issue (significantly warmer than expected, not overheat).