Tesla’s person interface can typically really feel missing, partially because of the sparse bodily controls within the automobile. The corporate vastly improved on this within the 2023.12 replace this April, permitting customers to customise the left scroll wheel on the steering wheel with numerous capabilities, reminiscent of acceleration mode, fan pace, or local weather temperature.
One factor was inexplicably lacking from the scroll wheel customization menu, although: windshield wiper controls, which you needed to activate from the stalk as a substitute.
Now, within the new, 2032.20 replace (by way of Not a Tesla app), you possibly can open the windshield wiper menu and set the wiper pace solely with an extended press on the scroll wheel. To take action, go to the automobile’s settings, open Show, then Scroll Wheel Perform, and activate the Wiper Velocity setting. Then, you possibly can management the wipers with an extended press on the left scroll wheel.
Whereas this will likely make life a little bit simpler for many who usually drive in wet situations, one other essential replace to the way in which wipers work in Teslas could also be coming quickly. In June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “truly sensible auto wiper software program releases in about 3 weeks,” which means it might have even been launched with this newest replace.
Tesla’s computerized wiper software program was up to now fairly crappy. In my expertise, my Mannequin 3 was usually unable to set the suitable wiper pace, whereas however the wipers would typically begin when there was no rain in any respect. Any replace on that entrance can be very welcome, however it’s powerful to say whether or not the brand new, improved system has gone reside till we now have extra time to check it (or till Musk confirms it).