Newest Model S refresh ditched the parking sensors?

[cmarshack]

I was watching a YouTube video walk-around of the newest re-fresh of the Model S and there are clearly no more parking sensors.

Does it lose the ability to show inches to the nearest obstacle? Can anyone with the new car let us know how the close range parking situation works now?

 

[hcdavis3]

I was watching a YouTube video walk-around of the newest re-fresh of the Model S and there are clearly no more parking sensors.

Does it lose the ability to show inches to the nearest obstacle? Can anyone with the new car let us know how the close range parking situation works now?

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That’s weird. How can that be???

 

[Aleks0404]

its there just nicely hidden just zoom in

 

[Palladium4Days]

By parking sensors, I assume you mean the 12 ultrasonic sensors around the car. (small circles) that are used for autopilot and parking. they are still there zoom in. they are on my lr refresh S

 

[BostonBurley]

Plaid and LR have ultrasonic parking sensors.

 

[Rupe]

There’s no longer a radar in the Plaid/LR which is disappointing. When in a line of cars at a drive through, it does not show instant distance in inches to the car in front, like my previous Model S & X did, but it lags by 1-2 seconds before settling on a distance.

 

[WilliamG]

There’s no longer a radar in the Plaid/LR which is disappointing. When in a line of cars at a drive through, it does not show instant distance in inches to the car in front, like my previous Model S & X did, but it lags by 1-2 seconds before settling on a distance.

There most certainly is still radar in the Plaid/LR. These cars have not switched to a pure vision system yet.

 

[ct101]

There most certainly is still radar in the Plaid/LR. These cars have not switched to a pure vision system yet.

The ones delivered so far have. However just today, Tesla took the description of the radar function off the Model S webpage. They are definitely aiming at going vision-only.

 

[WilliamG]

The ones delivered so far have. However just today, Tesla took the description of the radar function off the Model S webpage. They are definitely aiming at going vision-only.

Yes. That’s been the goal for a while now. At the moment, the S is radar+vision in all delivered vehicles to date.

 

[ct101]

Yes. That’s been the goal for a while now. At the moment, the S is radar+vision in all delivered vehicles to date.

I can verify it’s physically there in mine delivered 7/6, but I’m just curious about how it will change things.

Back to the OP though I can verify that NO, the refresh S did not ditch parking sensors. Mine still has them.

 

[Rupe]

I can verify it’s physically there in mine delivered 7/6, but I’m just curious about how it will change things.

Back to the OP though I can verify that NO, the refresh S did not ditch parking sensors. Mine still has them.

When someone told me there was no radar I looked for the telltale rectangle but didn’t see one. Where is the radar?

 

[WilliamG]

When someone told me there was no radar I looked for the telltale rectangle but didn’t see one. Where is the radar?

There’s no telltale rectangle on any recent cars from any manufacturer.

 

[mtndrew1]

When someone told me there was no radar I looked for the telltale rectangle but didn’t see one. Where is the radar?

Behind the bumper cover like all Teslas since the 2016 Model S refresh.