I e-mailed Will (Tesla - FL) this morning with a brief message (see below) about XM vs Sirius. The Tesla website now states:
Having spoken to a number of people, I haven't found anyone round here who didn't have a problem with XM reception. Please let Will know if you want satellite radio, that it needs to be Sirius.
My mail:
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Hi Will,
Please pass back to Tesla that XM satellite for Florida is bad news, but Sirius works just fine! The Toyota I had with XM was a disaster and I lost the signal regularly around the city even here in Sarasota. That problem will be worse in places south of here (Miami!) and in places with more high rises (Tampa!).
Here is the map showing XM coverage and you can see how the EIRP is much lower across 95% of Florida. This is due to XM using 2 geostationary satellites:
Sirius on the other hand, has 3 elliptical satellites which provide much better coverage:
Having spoken with others who have tried XM, believe me you will likely face many complaints in Florida if XM is the satellite radio of choice in the Model S.
Best regards,
Nigel
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Having spoken to a number of people, I haven't found anyone round here who didn't have a problem with XM reception. Please let Will know if you want satellite radio, that it needs to be Sirius.
My mail:
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Hi Will,
Please pass back to Tesla that XM satellite for Florida is bad news, but Sirius works just fine! The Toyota I had with XM was a disaster and I lost the signal regularly around the city even here in Sarasota. That problem will be worse in places south of here (Miami!) and in places with more high rises (Tampa!).
Here is the map showing XM coverage and you can see how the EIRP is much lower across 95% of Florida. This is due to XM using 2 geostationary satellites:
Sirius on the other hand, has 3 elliptical satellites which provide much better coverage:
Having spoken with others who have tried XM, believe me you will likely face many complaints in Florida if XM is the satellite radio of choice in the Model S.
Best regards,
Nigel
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