Tesla is understood for fixed over-the-air software program updates which helps hold issues recent for current homeowners. Hardly ever does the model do the identical with {hardware} upgrades.
Nevertheless, Tesla in China has now added a brand new {hardware} improve for current Tesla Mannequin Y homeowners within the nation which is able to add ambient lighting to the inside of their automobile.
For below $A275, homeowners can now buy an “Ambient Lighting” pack from Tesla China’s on-line retailer. This may add a lightweight bar throughout the sprint, providing as much as 256 colors for homeowners to select from.
On its on-line store and as reported by Chinese language EV fanatic Xiaoteshushu on X, Tesla shares two angles of the sunshine strip which runs in entrance of the sprint panel.
Mannequin Y Ambient Lighting retrofit in Chinese language Tesla on-line store.
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In keeping with Tesla, the ambient lighting meeting is product of textile supplies and can exchange the prevailing sprint trim.
The translated model of the improve states: “The dashboard trim product of technological textile supplies and with a brand new multi-colour ambient mild replaces the unique Mannequin Y wooden grain dashboard trim.”
The second view showcases the lighting configuration menu in Tesla’s automobile display consumer interface (UI). Right here homeowners that select to get this accent put in by Tesla can select a color for the lights.
Inside lighting on latest Tesla autos was launched with the launch of the refreshed Tesla Mannequin 3 within the Australian market.
On Tesla’s native web site, the model describes the characteristic on the brand new Mannequin 3 as: “Settle into an all-new inside, that includes a wraparound styling that cocoons you inside. Customise ambient lighting to make it your personal.”
With deliveries of that car starting in late December, over 10,000 Teslas on Australian roads now have ambient lighting as normal.
In contrast to the Mannequin 3, the Mannequin Y retrofit doesn’t embody ambient lighting alongside the door panels.
As of July this 12 months, the Tesla Mannequin Y doesn’t incorporate this characteristic though it’s out there as normal for Tesla’s best-selling automobile in China.
Pricing of below $A275 appears fairly affordable given it consists of set up of this {hardware} improve on suitable vehicles.
Talking of compatibility, this improve is offered for autos produced between 24 January 2022 and 1 October 2023 and is presently out there solely in China.
In keeping with gross sales knowledge inside this era, over 30,000 Mannequin Y autos have been bought till the tip of September 2023.
Though native availability is unclear at this stage, this {hardware} improve might be one thing that’s provided in worldwide markets in months to return.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception stories and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, significantly EVs and desires to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He presently drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.