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Model S range and interior update imminent?
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whitex
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Picked up our latest Model S this week. Some more or less subtle changes since 2017:
1. New MCU - faster, but also with some new bugs
2. Vanity mirrors
3. New lane departure warning - steering wheel feels much different than the old one "buzz" type in out 2015 and 2017 Model S.
4. Backup camera, seems more crisp but so much darker than the 2017 (which was more crisp than our 2015 but just as bright).
1. New MCU - faster, but also with some new bugs
2. Vanity mirrors
3. New lane departure warning - steering wheel feels much different than the old one "buzz" type in out 2015 and 2017 Model S.
4. Backup camera, seems more crisp but so much darker than the 2017 (which was more crisp than our 2015 but just as bright).
whitex
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Or a setup for Elon's April fools practical joke
Watch the website get updated with a 120KWh P100Q just for April 1st...Nah. It looks like that code first appeared near the start of the month (03/2018 - for future reference). Makes too much sense for it to be the code for MCU2.
Apparently the code MI02 was used as well for a short period. Interestingly, I can only find X VINs built with that code. Ex:
TeslaScout - 5YJXCDE22HF049690 - MODEL_X 75D NEW 2017 - 50 MILES 97750 USD
TeslaScout - 5YJXCDE20HF049168 - MODEL_X 75D NEW 2017 - 50 MILES 93750 USD
TeslaScout - 5YJXCBE47HF052865 - MODEL_X P100D NEW 2017 - 50 MILES 172250 USD
TeslaScout - 5YJXCBE40HF052836 - MODEL_X P100D NEW 2017 - 1084 MILES 151931 USD
Dunno but I have a feeling the new MCU is all the interior/exterior "refreshing" the S and X are going to get for at least a few months. Now, there are different codes for battery packs. So a larger pack could still be on the horizon. Although I personally doubt it if the rumors regarding the limited supply of 18650s are true. Who knows though. Not me.
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NeverFollow
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Since the Model S and X have been put in halt to increase the Model 3 production,
it seems than they could also take advantage of this occasion for updating the Model S assembly line?
I wonder if the possibly new Model S interior would resemble any of the Aston Martin Lagonda concept design
currently presented at the 2018 Geneva Motor show:
Aston Martin’s Lagonda concept car is breathtaking
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it seems than they could also take advantage of this occasion for updating the Model S assembly line?
I wonder if the possibly new Model S interior would resemble any of the Aston Martin Lagonda concept design
currently presented at the 2018 Geneva Motor show:
Aston Martin’s Lagonda concept car is breathtaking
sillydriver
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Maybe shorten the rear seat legroom just a bit but otherwise, the new Model S of my dreams.Since the Model S and X have been put in halt to increase the Model 3 production,
it seems than they could also take advantage of this occasion for updating the Model S assembly line?
I wonder if the possibly new Model S interior would resemble any of the Aston Martin Lagonda concept design
currently presented at the 2018 Geneva Motor show:
Aston Martin’s Lagonda concept car is breathtaking
NeverFollow
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Providing a rear seat with a collapsible central console would be very useful and would provide more lateral comfort.
2017 Lincoln Continental cabin
In 2015 Tesla designed a Chinese premium version of the back seat, but the 5th seat was suppressed, which was kind of lame.
Tesla updates Model S interior with new back seats
When using cameras for rear view mirrors becomes legal, the entire car industry will switch over fairly quickly. It will be a big drag improvement. However keeping the cameras clean is going to become an issue. My backup camera gets pretty funky in the winter.
Considering when it appeared, it isn't the code for the new MCU, I suspect it's the code for the new lighted vanity MIrrors.
I'd be that clown.
My opinion is that they don't need to change the whole interior. I bought a model S recently because I believe it's the best car in the world. Not because I've got a red nose, big shoes and when I stop the car all the doors fall off.
I sure hope it’s some form of refresh and battery upgrade. My lease ending in July and as it stand now I am keeping it unless a refresh comes out. I would like to see they bring back the 85 or 90 battery locked, using 100 battery. Having 70 now and buy 75 make no sense. 100 is too pricey at over 100k. They need to fill that price gap between 75 and 100 model again.
Whenever the 100 pack gets upgraded, the 100 pack will become the new base pack. Will also help differentiate the S from the 3...
The question is when
Red5StandingBy
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Wonder if they transposed their numbers and meant April, 9 2018? That's this coming Monday. The line was shut down briefly this past Friday.
We're just conjecturing here, right?
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