What features do you wish the Model Y came with (Dec 2022/Jan 2023) Wishlist

[macheboston]

Love my Model Y, but there's always room for improvement...What features would you like to see Tesla make for Model Y or Model 3?

Let's classify this as either A) software updates or B) hardware upgrades (for new cars and possibly retrofitting to existing cars).

I'll start...

A) Software Updates

1. Please enable the matrix headlights.
2. CarPlay and Android Auto (which may or may not require HW changes)
3. Navigate to 3rd party DCFC
4. Error/warning messages need text-to-speech. The text is tiny and I shouldn't need to look at the screen to see that autosteer is disabled or some other critical alert.
5. Voice recognition for changing radio stations (I thought every car had this — my Ford and my Toyota did)
6. Without EAP or FSD, lane changing should be more seamless and less beepy. In my last car (Mach E), you'd signal, it would let you change lanes without lane keeping, and it would detect when you're in the new lane and re-engage lane centering.
7. Add ability to adjust wiper sensitivity
8. I've had 3-4 times in my 3 months with the car where the car would not update its status in the app. It was in persistent disconnected status (in a well covered cell area that I go all the time). In a couple cases it was broken for 3-6 hours. I had to two-button restart. Please fix this.

B) hardware upgrades (and please offer upgrades to current owners)

1. Heads up display (that seems like the perfect minimalist match for Tesla)
2. Cameras support for Birds Eye surround view (downward facing cameras under the side mirrors, etc)
3. Infrared eye illuminator and camera tracking for detection driver attention instead of hands on the steering wheel (like Chevy Supercruise and Ford BlueCruise)
4. 80A level 2 charging (19.2kW). I know early Model S cars had an option. But more and more businesses are installing 80A chargers. Blink and SemaConnect have sold 80A commercial chargers for a while. Chargepoint released a 80A commercial charger a couple months ago. If you can get almost double the charge (vs a 48A charger) during a shopping trip or a movie, or move almost twice as many cars through a charger at a workplace, that would be great.
5. Vehicle to load and vehicle to house. We've all seen what the Hyndaid/Kia can do with a built-in plug and a J1772 adapter. And the Ford Lightning's ability to power your house. Come on Tesla, we want this too!

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[Operator64]

maybe, but I'm pretty sure other manufacturers have both.

”pretty sure“ is that one of those expert things you referenced earlier?

 

[singlestack]

Ability to view cabin camera in one corner of the screen to keep track of kids in the back seats.

 

[Operator64]

Ability to view cabin camera in one corner of the screen to keep track of kids in the back seats.

Well behaved children don’t need oversight, kind of like adults

 

[sleepydoc]

”pretty sure“ is that one of those expert things you referenced earlier?

Yup - never claimed to be an expert, just to have read multiple reports by experts. You seemed to have issues with me being honest, though. I'd tell you to look this up too, but based on history I know you'd rather accuse and argue than actually find out any information for yourself so here:

2022 Honda Accord has passenger assist handles as well as side curtain airbags.

 

[sleepydoc]

Well behaved children don’t need oversight, kind of like adults

spoken like someone who has never raised kids.

 

[thearcherian]

Park Assist.
I have a Tesla without Ultrasonic Sensors.

 

[smith2pb]

Ability to set the Y to charge ONLY during off-peak hours so as to use cleaner / cheaper electricity

My 11 year old Leaf caters for this as apparently do nearly all competitor EVs

Please update the software !

 

[Icehedgehog88]

Ability to set the Y to charge ONLY during off-peak hours so as to use cleaner / cheaper electricity

My 11 year old Leaf caters for this as apparently do nearly all competitor EVs

Please update the software !

Perhaps I miss understand your point. All summer I used off-peak scheduling using either the Tesla native app or the Stats app. I needed to do this to get a rebate from my power company. Worked like a charm.

 

[Nubo]

A good HUD would be welcome. On-the-fly adjustable regen intensity. Paddles for this would be nice. More conventional tactile controls for things like wipers, headlights, HVAC, etc...

 

[Undecided_2]

Manual wiper controls
HUD

 

[sleepydoc]

Perhaps I miss understand your point. All summer I used off-peak scheduling using either the Tesla native app or the Stats app. I needed to do this to get a rebate from my power company. Worked like a charm.

'Off peak Charging' in Tesla is a bit clunky. You can either pick a start time or a stop time but not both.

 

[DC_Mike]

Fully functional YouTube Music and Waze would make me happy for a long time.

 

[Freak]

1) Park Assist, have MY RDW without parking sensors
2) better rain sensor and/or ability to adjust frequency in auto mode
3) ability to adjust regen
4) share ETA of Navigation with someone else (like in Apple Maps)
5) decent podcast app
6) CarPlay (would solve 4&5)
7) smoother ride and less cabin noise

A lot of these wishes come from the compare with my previous car (Lynk & Co 01), which did feature all of the above points.

 

[ScottNY]

A good HUD would be welcome. On-the-fly adjustable regen intensity. Paddles for this would be nice. More conventional tactile controls for things like wipers, headlights, HVAC, etc...

Take a look at S3XY Buttons by Enhance Auto. This product solves everything on your wishlist. Even the HUD if you mount your phone with their “dashboard” app behind your steering wheel.

 

[MP3Mike]

4) share ETA of Navigation with someone else (like in Apple Maps)

Any authorized driver on your Tesla can see the ETA in the Tesla app...

 

[Freak]

Any authorized driver on your Tesla can see the ETA in the Tesla app...

Ok thanks! but that’s not the same as sending a push message to someone else with ETA. My wife won’t be checking for 1-2 hours in the app if I did actually left the office

 

[Candleflame]

A good HUD would be welcome. On-the-fly adjustable regen intensity. Paddles for this would be nice. More conventional tactile controls for things like wipers, headlights, HVAC, etc...

you adjust the amount of regen with the right foot. its already there.

 

[ScottNY]

you adjust the amount of regen with the right foot. its already there.

That’s not adjustment. That’s usage.
Newer MYs don’t have the ability to lower (or turn off) regen unless you have S3XY Buttons or equivalent (if there is one).

 

[Mitchb13]

How about a interior button that is easily programmed to open my garage door? I can’t believe that they want another $300 to be able to open my garage?

 

[singlestack]

Well behaved children don’t need oversight, kind of like adults

If you don't watch them close when they're infants, you never get a chance to teach them to be well behaved.