Who has done their own LTE upgrade?

[CravingMender9]

Here is a quote a received from Tesla for this retrofit on AUG 2015 TMS 85.
Looks overpriced to me
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This quote is for the retrofit where Tesla does the upgrade for you. Yes, it does seem overpriced, especially when there are reports of others getting this for ~350 USD. Unfortunately, this is standard now. Converting to USD - this is very similar to what I was quoted.

If you are handy and comfortable opening up the MCU, you can go to the service / parts dept in your service center, give them the part numbers and DIY, which will be way cheaper.

 

[Chris350]

all this and 5G right around the corner.....

 

[CravingMender9]

all this and 5G right around the corner.....

I don't see the point with 5G for our older cars TBH. 4G LTE was a major upgrade over 3G considering streaming and navigation, which our MCU1s can handle. Anything more and the computer is too weak to process it. Unlike 3G, even with 4G, the bottleneck becomes our computer, not the network. 4G LTE has been there since before the 1st MS launched, and it will be there for long after our cars break down. As of now, 5G is only used in high density areas (unless you talk about T-Mobile who combine it with their low-band 600Mhz spectrum to cover coverage gaps, which wouldn't give much latency improvements). The biggest advantage I see will be for newer vehicles that can utilize the low latency for FSD & car-to-car communication - think swarm cars talking to each other. This is just an observation from an amateur enthusiast, the experts' opinion may vary

 

[T.R.T.e.s.l.a.]

Here is a quote a received from Tesla for this retrofit on AUG 2015 TMS 85.
Looks overpriced to me
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Thank you for posting this.
Finally we have the number parts of the EU LTE retrofit.

 

[EV-Fixme]

I don't see the point with 5G for our older cars TBH. 4G LTE was a major upgrade over 3G considering streaming and navigation, which our MCU1s can handle. Anything more and the computer is too weak to process it. Unlike 3G, even with 4G, the bottleneck becomes our computer, not the network. 4G LTE has been there since before the 1st MS launched, and it will be there for long after our cars break down. As of now, 5G is only used in high density areas (unless you talk about T-Mobile who combine it with their low-band 600Mhz spectrum to cover coverage gaps, which wouldn't give much latency improvements). The biggest advantage I see will be for newer vehicles that can utilize the low latency for FSD & car-to-car communication - think swarm cars talking to each other. This is just an observation from an amateur enthusiast, the experts' opinion may vary

5G will be important when LTE phases out. However that is a long time away....

 

[stevebouff]

When my MCU died, the replacement MCU1 also got the LTE upgrade. Maybe that's standard now for the MCU replacement, or the refurbished MCU just so happened to have the LTE antenna?

 

[EV-Fixme]

When my MCU died, the replacement MCU1 also got the LTE upgrade. Maybe that's standard now for the MCU replacement, or the refurbished MCU just so happened to have the LTE antenna?

AFAIK refurb mcu comes with current screen, LTE, and a fresh 8 gig emmc.