Converting UK Lights To EU

[Skie]

It may be of use to people to be aware there appears to have been an undocumented change in behaviour in a recent update. When driving in Europe, the car apparently now recognises it’s in a LHD country and flips the lights over so the uptick is on the right. A brief notification pops up on the screen to confirm this. A couple of people have confirmed this behaviour on the .44 / Christmas update threads.

It’s always done this, the undocumented part of the change is it now actually pops up a message when it does it. It used to just happen silently.

 

[ACarneiro]

It’s always done this, the undocumented part of the change is it now actually pops up a message when it does it. It used to just happen silently.

Errrr.... that's not what multiple posts and threads in this forum seem to suggest, though...

 

[kshar]

It may be of use to people to be aware there appears to have been an undocumented change in behaviour in a recent update. When driving in Europe, the car apparently now recognises it’s in a LHD country and flips the lights over so the uptick is on the right. A brief notification pops up on the screen to confirm this. A couple of people have confirmed this behaviour on the .44 / Christmas update threads.

Yes, I can also confirm it has changed. It was a pleasant surprise when we started on our trip and entered France rather late on Friday.

 

[Cardo]

It’s always done this, the undocumented part of the change is it now actually pops up a message when it does it. It used to just happen silently.

It most certainly has not always done this. I’ve done various EU trips and there’s been no change in the lights. During my last, extended trip during the summer I ended up having to manually adjust the lights as the uptick on the left was blinding oncoming drivers.

 

[WllXM]

It’s always done this, the undocumented part of the change is it now actually pops up a message when it does it. It used to just happen silently.

I didn't get a pop up notification but can confirm the same, beam is now oriented to the right when exiting the Chunnel! That's a pleasant surprise.

 

[WV72]

It’s always done this, the undocumented part of the change is it now actually pops up a message when it does it. It used to just happen silently.

There was no headlight change, at least on the 2022 Tesla Y.

 

[Skie]

Ah yeah, sorry, my bad they don't auto adjust (well didn't, but do now!). Stupidly trusted the manual!

 

[lukearlo]

It may be of use to people to be aware there appears to have been an undocumented change in behaviour in a recent update. When driving in Europe, the car apparently now recognises it’s in a LHD country and flips the lights over so the uptick is on the right. A brief notification pops up on the screen to confirm this. A couple of people have confirmed this behaviour on the .44 / Christmas update threads.

Oh nice, does anyone know if this also works for model S please?

 

[TechnoWatch]

It may be of use to people to be aware there appears to have been an undocumented change in behaviour in a recent update. When driving in Europe, the car apparently now recognises it’s in a LHD country and flips the lights over so the uptick is on the right. A brief notification pops up on the screen to confirm this. A couple of people have confirmed this behaviour on the .44 / Christmas update threads.

It was introduced sometime before .44 as I was recently pleasantly surprised by this behaviour when on the previous version when visiting France.

 

[Cardo]

It was introduced sometime before .44 as I was recently pleasantly surprised by this behaviour when on the previous version when visiting France.

All I know is the behaviour changed sometime between September and the Christmas update! I’m surprised it wasn’t documented in an update, though. My guess is this wasn’t done with just the UK in mind (we’re pretty much the only group of people that vaguely regularly drive on the opposite side of the road to our norm). My thinking is, bearing in mind the headlights are fully configurable and there’s no physical difference between RHD and LHD cars, Tesla decided rather than hardcoding the car with RHD/LHD lights, they instead use the data they already have for AP where the car knows what side of the road to drive on and sets the lights to that. I’d imagine it took someone minutes to code the behaviour. It could also be a precursor to active matrix lights, but I shan’t hold my breath!

 

[Cardo]

Oh nice, does anyone know if this also works for model S please?

Alas, don’t know. I guess it depends on whether the car has the LED matrix headlights where the beam can be adjusted in software. I’d imagine early cars with fixed lights won’t, however later models probably can?

 

[lukearlo]

Alas, don’t know. I guess it depends on whether the car has the LED matrix headlights where the beam can be adjusted in software. I’d imagine early cars with fixed lights won’t, however later models probably can?

Ah I see, in that case I will speak with Tesla UK, maybe they will be able to adjust it for me before I decide to take her abroad permanently (eventually). Car does not have matrix ones as it is mid 2018 model

 

[SamWhu30]

Yes, I can also confirm it has changed. It was a pleasant surprise when we started on our trip and entered France rather late on Friday.

So does it know you're in France and adjust them but you still have to manually adjust to KM for the speedometer? Or has this also changed?

 

[Kotrado]

So does it know you're in France and adjust them but you still have to manually adjust to KM for the speedometer? Or has this also changed?

No. You still need to adjust it manually

 

[SamWhu30]

No. You still need to adjust it manually

Stange! But at least the lights change automatically now, that's a big positive.

 

[adw81]

It may be of use to people to be aware there appears to have been an undocumented change in behaviour in a recent update. When driving in Europe, the car apparently now recognises it’s in a LHD country and flips the lights over so the uptick is on the right. A brief notification pops up on the screen to confirm this. A couple of people have confirmed this behaviour on the .44 / Christmas update threads.

Hi, does anyone know if this is the same for a 2022 Model Y? I was consistently getting flashed by oncoming cars in France last summer.

 

[MrT3]

Hi, does anyone know if this is the same for a 2022 Model Y? I was consistently getting flashed by oncoming cars in France last summer.

Yes I believe so.

 

[adw81]

Yes I believe so.

That would be great, fingers crossed. I’m not going again until July but I’ll post in here afterwards in case anyone else is interested.

 

[djtaylor]

That would be great, fingers crossed. I’m not going again until July but I’ll post in here afterwards in case anyone else is interested.

I'll be crossing to France in May so will know by then, also a late 2022 MY

 

[TechnoWatch]

Hi, does anyone know if this is the same for a 2022 Model Y? I was consistently getting flashed by oncoming cars in France last summer.

Yes, worked on my 2022 Model Y.