Another change that I haven't seen mentioned yet and I don't understand the purpose of-- at the top row of the 17" screen a battery icon used to bring up the charging screen. Now the icon is changed to a lightening bolt. The battery icon showed the state of charge but the icon now is static. It's lost useful information. There is a clock icon with the lightening bolt now if charging is scheduled, but that icon could have bee added to the old battery icon as well.
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Firmware 7.0 - For Classic Model S
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Yep. Me too. First update that I've had to sit out on in 3 years of ownership.
Tesla just wants us to put our full faith and confidence in Range Assurance and never worry about numbers and SOCs. This must also be why they chose to minimize the range display on the IC
Gizmotoy
Active Member
That's actually reported to be false. We've seen the diagnostic screen where the PSIs were reported. It's just that it was impossible to associate each of the four reading with a specific tire. So they could give us an unordered list, but that's it.
This is not surprising. The TPMS sensors aren't car-specific or preloaded with a PSI. They send the PSI back to the car to make the determination. That's why you can buy generic units on Tire Rack and have them work.
^^ I noticed this today as well. With my sunglasses on, I could not read the speedometer digits. This is a disaster, in my opinion. Tesla didn't do its homework here and Elon should answer for the reduction in usability.
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HATE this new, meaningless lightning bolt icon. As you said, it no longer conveys information. It's also squished in there and I find it difficult to put my finger on it. What was so wrong with the way it was before??
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Yep, service can see my individual tire pressures, but as an owner, I'm apparently not to be trusted with such sensitive information. They can be associated with individual tires, they would just have to be manually associated. Which is EASY! Just lower the pressure on one tire, check the TPMS readout, and assign the lower pressure tire to the location of the tire whose pressure you just lowered! Good lord, Tesla could reduce this to a simple wizard that could walk a person through re-association after a tire rotation.
This is similar to my beef about the speed assist feature not being applicable to all cars with navigation, regardless of whether or not they have the AP sensors. This information is already available in the navigation database, we all have it, so why not let us have a GPS/nav-based version of speed assist?
Doing the above kind of stuff is what would impress me. They would actually be giving us real features and improvements instead of gimmicks.
And really, there was no way to give those without electromechanical brakes the new and improved version of brake/hill hold? I mean, if you can hold it for two seconds already using the existing feature, why can't you hold it indefinitely until the pedal is pressed? The software can already control the brakes in the older cars. It's doing it already.
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thranx
Member
So you have to look to your right and compare two different readouts as opposed to just glancing down to get the same information, but in more complicated form?
I am so with HankLloydRight (and plenty of other folks on this one). How often do you check your total odometer reading? The swap is flat out moronic.
Electricfan
Active Member
OH!
Man, that seems a dumb way to save money on a $100k car. Glad they bit the bullet on the newer ones. My 2011 Volt has readings for each tire and that car was less than half the cost of a Tesla.
Mark Z
Active Member
Imagine the frustration for some if and when dual cameras replace the side rear view mirrors. Gone would be all the driver side displays and the camera images could be located there. IMHO, maybe that is why some of the items are gradually being copied to the touch screen.
This is what we saw on February 9, 2012:
My Experience at Teslas Model X Reveal - GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site
This is what we saw on February 9, 2012:
My Experience at Teslas Model X Reveal - GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site
thranx
Member
Not downloading this until at the very least they put the battery/remaining range icon back in the center of the speedometer. As far as odometer usability is concerned, they can hide that anywhere they want and I'll check it once a month.
It's ones that have little arrows below to show you what lane to be in. I had it happen on one instruction out of about 10 on my commute home this evening.
santana338
Member
I'm not liking this update. Moving the time over to the right of the 17" makes it hard to see (when it was just fine under the speedo). Now I'm going to have to have the kids tell me if we are going to be late when I'm taking them to school. I liked the range in the center too.
ZBB
Emperor
Man… the headlight white blob will be really annoying when driving at night. Last thing I want is a big bright white spot on the middle of my speedo when driving at night...
I think I'm going to hold off on installing for now (received this morning, but I haven't installed yet). This is the first update I haven't installed on the same day I received it...
I'll drop an email to Tesla tomorrow. I really like the overall design -- its just the moved or reduced info that is really annoying here.
I think I'm going to hold off on installing for now (received this morning, but I haven't installed yet). This is the first update I haven't installed on the same day I received it...
I'll drop an email to Tesla tomorrow. I really like the overall design -- its just the moved or reduced info that is really annoying here.
Cyclone
Cyclonic Member ((.oO))
So I noticed on the drive home it's not every Nav instruction; just some of them. But here's an example of what I'm talking about.
You know, I was starting to lean to just install it and not worry about it, but as I look at JST's screenshot, I think I'm going to wait. The energy app is fugly and doesn't provide as much value as the 6.2 version. If the would just use 6.2's and out the batter bar and prevented where the odometer is in the center, I would go along with the install. But right now, I would give up a near perfect display for something that just doesn't impress me.
cgiGuy
Active Member
In 2.5 years, I never looked at that battery icon once unless I was trying to push it. There's a big 'ole indicator right in front of your face. Don't even have to turn your head.
I'd much rather simplify the things that don't really "need" to be dynamic to save clock cycles for the things that do. I was really hoping that the UI would be a little snappier, but it seems to still be slightly laggy when pushing buttons.
MrJones390
Space Boat
Tesla made the odometer front and center to remind you it's time to upgrade to a newer model.
Mine reads almost 80,000 miles and it's the last bit of info that I want to see.
v7 is going to be LAUGHABLE by v9.
Mine reads almost 80,000 miles and it's the last bit of info that I want to see.
v7 is going to be LAUGHABLE by v9.
SeminoleFSU
Voluntaryist
I wonder the same thing. I had a new DU put in too, which was the latest revision (for refurb DU's that is)... I wonder if my car has a compatible DU now, but didn't get the update because my VIN was too low... that is, unless the software can detect the DU revision and apply the performance update if your hardware supports it? SO many questions.
Once again, Tesla's promises were in absolutes (non-AP cars will see performance improvements) but the reality was a bit shy of the promise. Tesla's all too common MO of sometimes over promising and then slightly under delivering...
cantdecide
Member
I suspect they did intentionally emphasise odometer and deemphasize range as part of their general message that range isn't an issue with a Tesla and you can use it as an every day car.
Personally I need to see remaining range much more than odometer, so I prefer the old way on this one.
Personally I need to see remaining range much more than odometer, so I prefer the old way on this one.
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