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Wiki [UK] Holiday update - 2020.48.26/.30/.35.x
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Even as late as this march people were reporting their cars had the space for a speaker but it wasn't fitted. I haven't heard of anyone with a 2021 update checking yet.. little reason to until now. Of course now they don't have to, if they get the update and no boombox, there's no speaker.
Elon has said it's not an easy retrofit. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1181738919076851712?s=21
That means if they do it it won't be cheap..an of course rigging something yourself won't work because the software has to be told it exists as well.
Probably easy on cars made post the initial introduction (someone has mentioned that the harness is ready for the speaker).
Anfieldgaz
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Well it'd certainly say this update isn't even one "fire"
I thought all the refresh models came from the US factory so surely they wouldn’t spend time not installing it if the cars were going to Europe?
Not seen it on one car in Europe (from checking Teslafi and Tesla Scope) yet, so I make that zero fire!
There are lots of minor differences between EU and US spec.. not putting a speaker and a bit of wire on the BOM is trivial by comparison, and saves them money.
Refreshed UI is really nice IMO. Nice having the wipers and rear camera buttons permanently available. The wheels and windows moving in the car visualisations are slick, if not functional.
Being able to time a charge to start/stop during off peak times is useful as well, and removes the need for a separate service to ensure you charge when cheapest.
I think it's a nice part one.
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Still have my '72 5 horn 'La Cucaracha' ! Sad it can't be used :-( [at least in UK].
Waste time not installing it? Wut? Anyway it's easy to check, just open up the two tabs at the front of the drivers side front wheel, you'll see the grill in the floor, and a loose cable not connected. At least, that's what my August 2019 M3 LR has, I was surprised to see the wiring was there as the speaker wasn't fitted to the US spec until September 2019, but it is.
It's all academic anyway, as I shared above the UK has regulations against any novelty horns, which is probably a good thing really. The one thing I'm not clear of is there is a suggestion that there might be an option for the noise to be inside the car, leaving the regular horn outside, that might be permissible. The regulations for the AVAS leave a few more options, but I'll bet that coconuts won't pass. It would clearly confuse blind pedestrians.
Personally if a retrofit was available in the UK I would take it, even if it's just a perceived safety benefit for pedestrians I would try. Mrs hs a Leaf that voluntarily makes a noise, it's barely audible inside.
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Mark-R
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Is the external speaker also missing from Teslas in other European countries? The Boombox seems to be the main feature in this update (Elon admits it's only half a 'fire' in a car without a pedestrian speaker), so perhaps the rollout is initially targeting cars/regions with the speaker.
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