Pedestrian speaker 2021

[everydaychris]

Hey guys!
Any of you new delivery owners out there getting or not getting the pedestrian speaker?

im in SoCal so I’m wondering if it’s by region or if it depends on the center??

 

[Midnightsun]

I believe all EVs produced for use in the US after Sept 2020 are required by law to have a noise making device to alert pedestrians to their movement.

 

[iamnid]

Picked mine up yesterday, it has the speaker (as does our Model 3 from Dec 2019). No boombox yet as the Model Y is still on a very old software version

 

[everydaychris]

I believe all EVs produced for use in the US after Sept 2020 are required by law to have a noise making device to alert pedestrians to their movement.

I heard that too but then saw another article that said x amount they produce only x amount need it. Confusing haha

 

[Midnightsun]

Looks like there was an extension.

EVs and hybrids get an extension to meet US noise-making requirements

Electric vehicles in the U.S. must meet pedestrian noise requirements by March 1, 2021, at the earliest.

www.greencarreports.com

 

[chammerbeck]

you will get the boombox feature eventually.....takes a few weeks or more. you have a default, factory firmware installed just as mine did. the update will push and you will have it.

 

[everydaychris]

Cool cool

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Looks like there was an extension.

EVs and hybrids get an extension to meet US noise-making requirements

Electric vehicles in the U.S. must meet pedestrian noise requirements by March 1, 2021, at the earliest.

www.greencarreports.com

There was an extension but I think it came mere days before the deadline so manufacturers such as Tesla had already planned for it. AFAIK, all Teslas built for the US market since September 2020 have them.

 

[DanDi58]

I do have it as my car makes the back-up sound. I don't believe it does it going forward, however, although I haven't driven with the front windows open to check. My car actually came with Boombox at delivery (and heated wheel) which surprised me a bit. Have had fun with the horn 'fart' sound. Neighborhood kids like it.... Just got first update today (2021.4.12).

 

[Beheme]

Do you know if it is possible to buy a speaker when the car is not equipped with one? I am located in France and it is not possible to buy it in France.

 

[jeffbco]

Do you know if it is possible to buy a speaker when the car is not equipped with one? I am located in France and it is not possible to buy it in France.

Probably but more important to find out if your service center knows what to do to activate.

 

[sgalla04]

Do you know if it is possible to buy a speaker when the car is not equipped with one? I am located in France and it is not possible to buy it in France.

Here is the Tesla external speaker retrofit thread.

 

[TravelFree]

I took delivery on May 5th and it has the Boombox in the toy box. A collection of sounds for the horn and a set of sounds that play when driving. It even will allow current internal media sound so you could record any sound on your iphone and send that to your speaker outside. It's not real loud from what I have tested so far.

 

[Mainer]

No pedestrian warning sign in drive under 25 mph. Yes, the external speaker works: back up sound works fine. My husband monkeyed around with fart sounds so, again, we know the external speaker works.
Is this a "contact Tesla" problem? (I thought it was illegal to not have a PWS going forward.)

 

[Mainer]

No pedestrian warning sign in drive under 25 mph. Yes, the external speaker works: back up sound works fine. My husband monkeyed around with fart sounds so, again, we know the external speaker works.
Is this a "contact Tesla" problem? (I thought it was illegal to not have a PWS going forward.)

M3 picked up early June, if that helps.

 

[TravelFree]

The law keeps getting extensions for full compliance. PWS now has to be included in all EV's that were manufactured after March 1, 2021. The sound must be heard by pedestrians passing in front of a car moving at 18.6mph or less. I think the strange speed was a calculation based on 30KMH. The new target date is a compromise extension by lobbyists. They asked for a one year but only got 6 months.

I haven't seen anything that applies to older EV's

My Model Y mfg in April has it and it works fine.

 

[DanDi58]

My car has the forward PWS sound, but frankly, it's very hard to hear. It's kind of like a white noise sound, and I had to be walking right next to the speaker while my wife drove down the street to be able to hear it. You definitely cannot hear it inside the car, unlike the reverse sound.