As we all know, Elon Musk often takes bold steps and he is not afraid of the consequences of the unusual actions that he undertakes so eagerly. Recently he showed that there is always something that can make us surprised. His company, Tesla – an American electric vehicle producer – announced their newest software update made especially as a Christmas gift for the Tesla cars users. Despite a bunch of new features like arcade games and enhanced driving visualization, it also involves an add-on that will surely give you a lot of entertainment. The driver will be able to broadcast music or short sound effects outside of the car! This option is called Boombox, and it works due to the external speakers, which Tesla is equipping their cars with since 2019 and call them ‘pedestrian speakers’. This is an obligation which has to be met in order to take advantage of this new toybox feature. But owners of older cars do not have a reason to be worried. Elon informed that they are working on new stuff that is coming soon.
Boombox option enables the user to replace normal, standard horn sound with the one that suits our preferences best. The same goes for driving and summon noises. It offers quite a wide variety of preinstalled sounds. The one that for sure has gained the greatest popularity is a fart imitation. There was no other option like adding a “Toss a coin” music from Witcher Netflix series, which was stuck in Elon Musk’s head for over a week after the premiere, according to his tweet. Pranks lovers will also find something special for them. By using the characteristic sound of the ice cream car, it is easy to harass all the neighbourhood and mislead people from your area. We cannot forget about hilarious goat sound that will surely scare passers-by. What is excellent, there is a possibility of uploading up to 5 custom music/sounds, so you are not limited only to stock options.
In the below video you may find all the effects that have been added.
There is nothing else for us but waiting for new Tesla updates. Stay tuned!
Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/25/22199963/tesla-holiday-update-fart-sound-horn-goat-boombox
https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tips-on-how-to-use-tesla-boombox-with-custom-sounds
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elevator-music-elon-musk/
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35075187/tesla-holiday-firmware-fart/
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-toss-a-coin-witcher-song-stuck-in-head-2020-1?IR=T
Another confirmation that Tesla is a client-oriented and modern company. They are not afraid of it and it promotes them. Feature are really great and funny, they turn you car to a gadget in some way. Such approach really fascinates me!