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Supercharger Improvements
Your car is now able to charge at V3 Superchargers at up to 250kW peak rates. As usual, when you navigate to a Supercharger, your car will condition its battery during the drive, so it can charge faster.
| First Noticed 2020.28.2 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 3+ |
Since the introduction of Supercharger V3 which allowed for an increased charge rate of 250 kW, the charge rates of the Model S/X have incrementaly grown from their initial 120 kW rate. The software update previous to this one allowed for the Raven Model S/X to have charge rates of 225 kW. However getting to the 250 kW rate will not be able to accomplished with a software update and only the most recent S/X models will be capable of reaching those speeds due to needing thicker wires.
Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control (Beta)
When Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control is enabled, the Autosteer cruising set speed on residential roads can now be increased up to +5 mph (10 km/h) over the speed limit.
| First Noticed 2020.28.2 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 3+ |
Adding on to the rather large improvement found in the last update to the traffic light and stop sign control, Tesla now feels confident enough in the system to allow you to set the cruising speed to 5 mph over whatever the posted speed limit is.
Passenger Face Vent
Your car will automatically disable the passenger face vents when no passenger is detected, lowering energy consumption in hot weather. This vent can be manually enabled by tapping where you’d like the passenger face vent to direct air within the climate control panel.
| First Noticed 2020.28.2 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 2+ |
In an effort to squeeze out as much possible energy as possible to have the highest range possible, Tesla has introduced an energy saving feature that might make some of us laugh at how serious they are taking energy saving. It’s hard to imagine how much energy you will actually save with this feature that allows the vents on the passenger side to turn off, but small efforts like these can add up.
Suspension Improvements
(Raven)
Ride comfort in HIGH and VERY HIGH is improved through adaptive suspension damping improvements and reductions in maximum allowed speeds and ground clearances. Please refer to the Owner’s Manual to find more details.
(Non-Raven)
For improved ride comfort, the maximum allowed speed and ground clearance in HIGH and VERY HIGH have been reduced. Please refer to the Owner’s Manual to find more details.
| First Noticed 2020.28.2 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 2+ |
Depending on whether you have a Raven powertrain Model S/X with improved suspension, or an older Model S/X, you are getting an alteration to your ride height setting, albeit you will get slightly different messages due to the different suspension types. The bottom line, it looks like at high speeds, the maximum heights of the cars have been reduced in an effort to help with ride comfort (and possibly aerodynamics?).
Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control (Beta)
The Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control feature no longer requires explicit driver confirmation of pulling the Autopilot stalk to continue straight through an intersection for green traffic lights when there is a lead vehicle ahead of you and Autopilot is confident that you are not in a turn-only lane. The stop line in the driving visualization will now turn green to indicate that the car will continue through an intersection.
The Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control feature no longer requires explicit driver confirmation of pushing down the gear selector to continue straight through an intersection for green traffic lights when there is a lead vehicle ahead of you and Autopilot is confident that you are not in a turn-only lane. The stop line in the driving visualization will now turn green to indicate that the car will continue through an intersection.
Please continue to pay attention and be ready to take immediate action, including braking because this feature may not stop for all traffic controls. This feature will not attempt to turn through intersections but over time, as we continue to learn from the fleet, the feature will control more naturally.
| First Noticed 2020.24.6.9 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 3+ |
A very important incremental update to Tesla’s traffic light and stop sign system was made in this update. While we are still not at a system that can fully decide whether going through a crossing is safe by itself, we are halfway there. The system will now follow a lead car (if there is one) through a crossing if it feels confident in doing so, all without needing any further confirmation from you.
Sirius XM Improvements
In this release, we have made improvements to the interface of Sirius XM to allow easier usability and discovery of stations, enhanced categorization of content, and improved the overall navigation experience.
Please note: You must have an active subscription to listen to Sirius XM. Please see Subscription Tab for details.
| First Noticed 2020.24.6.9 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 2+ |
Another small quality of life improvement that aims to make your experiences with the SiriusXM app a little smoother.
TuneIn Improvements
With this update, we’ve improved the usability and discoverability of TuneIn stations and podcasts so that it’s easier to browse content. We’ve also added the ability to adjust playback speed of podcasts (up to 2x). As usual, to use TuneIn, tap on the media icon and select TuneIn on the source selector.
| First Noticed 2020.24.6.9 (July 2020) | MCU 2+ | AP 2+ |
For those of you who choose TuneIn as your media streaming platform of choice, Tesla has done some small improvements to their app that will hopefully make your user experience a little better.