Wish List Item: Weather Radar

[Chris Barnes]

Dear Elon,

Please work to include weather radar (and other conditions) as an overlay on the navigation maps since weather impacts Tesla performance. I pay for the data plan and this data could easily be included.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Aikidoka]

I had a 2014 BMW i3 electric telephone booth. Whoops, I mean car. It had weather radar on the nav screen that was fabulous. I love for Tesla to add that option since the data plan would cover the download costs.

 

[KG2V]

Yes please!!!

 

[dusty22]

Sounds like a good idea but not sure what that would look like.

I found a Northeast weather radar that I saved as a favorite on the browser and it works well enough for ne.

 

[GlazedHam]

The car will warn you of severe wind but I've felt like it's so inconsistent when it actually will. I've seen 20-30mph sustained 40mph gusts and it will warn me but 30mph sustained and 60mph+ gust with nothing. It doesn't give you any input to how will effect the car, it would be nice if you are super charging and it knows about severe wind if it will tell you that you might want to charge a bit extra.

My biggest compliment though is being unable to tune into road condition/weather alert AM stations. Montana is the only state where I could actually tune in because they broadcast on both AM and FM.

 

[Chris Barnes]

Sounds like a good idea but not sure what that would look like.

I found a Northeast weather radar that I saved as a favorite on the browser and it works well enough for ne.

I assume it would look just like the nav maps now but with optional weather layers you can turn on/off.

 

[GtiMart]

In the meantime, try windy.com in the car's browser. I use that anytime I need to know about winds (on my cellphone), but it has a lot of layers of interesting information.

 

[FastEddieB]

I’ve requested this before.

I use an aviation app on my iPhone (WingX) on “Track Up”.

On occasion, it can suggest that we divert slightly to avoid the strongest returns. In any case, I just like having that weather information available in almost real time. “Almost” because there is always a slight delay in the returns displayed. Because of this, pilots are urged to use such information “strategically” rather than “tactically”. IOW, never use them to “thread the needle” between cells - that gap you see may already have closed right as you’re attempting to shoot through it.

 

[Chris Barnes]

I use an aviation app on my iPhone (WingX) on “Track Up”.

10-4 on the "tactically" part! I see it a lot like the live traffic information you get - if you see stopped traffic in 30 miles (or a storm crossing the freeway in 30 miles) now might be a good time to find a charger, stretch your legs, get a bite to eat - and hopefully you'll miss all the drama.