henderrj
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The MCU2 upgrade was well worth the money. One of the best purchases I've made.
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MCU2 upgrade for AP1 cost?
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The MCU2 upgrade was well worth the money. One of the best purchases I've made.
henderrj
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These are unrelated. MCU2 (media control unit) is the infotainment system. Hardware 3 has to do with autopilot, particularly the AP computer. Not sure on that 2019 whether you'll get camera upgrades as well. Perhaps someone here knows.
I received camera upgrades on my 2017 MS to HW 3 along with the an updated autopilot computer.
I also upgraded to MCU2 and yes, they are unrelated.
But I don’t have the blind spot camera in the display.
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I just got a reply from Tesla Service. Unfortunately they say there is no SD card recall on my car, so if I want it replaced it will cot £215. At present I have not noticed any problems, either with navigation or the MCU, although I assume that changes in the highway layout since the 2019 update would not show. There is a stretch of road near my home that has recently been dualled with a new 70mph limit, up form 60mph, but the autopilot still restricts to 60 in one direction, so maybe that's an indication. Interestingly it automatically slows for a roundabout but that was there before. I'll wait until I see a problem and then decide what to do.
That didn’t used to be the case.
Perhaps Tesla is seeing the writing on the wall for AM (in US) and therefore FM will be included.
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henderrj
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Going from MCU1>MCU2 takes you from an 8 gig eMMC to a 64 gig eMMC chip. Its part of the upgrade.
I'm not sure why you mention this in this context, it seems irrelevant to what I was saying for two reasons:
1) In MCU1, navigation data is definitely stored on an SD card, NOT the eMMC
2) eMMC replacement under warranty / paid TSB repair also upgrades the eMMC size, iirc. Maybe not to 64 GB, but AFAIK, even in MCU2, navigation data is stored on an SD card (NOT the eMMC).
Actually, the Tesla service manager told me that they used cheap and underpowered chips to save money. Problem was that the OTA updates increase the size of the OS and over time the underpowered chips and small amount of storage can't handle the bloated operating system. Apparently Musk didn't think of this--or did and didn't care. Thus, I've started getting problems associated with that--problems this guy said he "bet would resolve with the infotainment upgrade." Cost was $1750 US. I have extended warranty though nothing was said about warranty coverage. But--they do remove functionality and features. I don't recall what those were (I think the radio and free TuneIn subscription) but they were significant. Seems to me that Tesla always finds a way to screw you. Like $10K for "autopilot" and "FULL self-driving" that are not "auto" and definitely not "full self-driving." Keep those hands on the wheel and alert at all times! A bit of a con, no? #tesla
Right, your "service center manager" is smarter than Musk and his engineers, also I'm sure you're still using a 2012 iPhone.
Here's the true negative thing your "service center manager" is misunderstanding: the Tesla MCU1 are not automotive grade, that is a fact. The thing is, AFAIU, the reason Tesla chose not to use automotive grade stuff is because they wanted bigger (screen size) and faster (chip/data speed) stuff than was available in automotive grade during Model S development (remember, the MCU1 was in the 2012 Model S). Did they "cheap out" by not having something automotive grade developed? I'm not deep enough in the industry to guarantee one way or the other, but I suspect it may not have been an option, because back when this was a big deal, everything I could find indicated that something has to be "tried and true" before it can be considered automotive or industrial grade, and part of "tried and true" was old (you'd never find the same chip in a new brand new car and a brand new PC, but you might find the chip in the brand now car in a several year old PC). Now I see big screens and high performance stuff in industrial components, but that doesn't mean they are the latest and greatest, as chip speeds stopped changing much a long time ago now. Regardless, what I see available in industrial components now may also be available in automotive components, but I don't know as much about what Tesla is doing now, so I couldn't even tell you whether MCU2 and MCU3 are automotive grade or not to begin with.I still haven’t paid for the mcu2 upgrade. It all works kinda. Like an iPhone 5s, functional sure, slow yes. I just got my auto steer recall notice. It told me to update. Hahahaha.
If they don’t get the “recall” fixed in a month or two. All of us on MCU1 should file complaints. Maybe that might speed up any FSD rollout for MCU1 hardware. And by speed up I hope the solution is a free upgrade. I’ll hold out. My left display is now leaking. Don’t s big of a deal.
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