grahamsimmonds
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As the car's 3G connection is so naff, I intend to tether my phone so that I can get 4G (unless my car comes with LTE as some cars now have in the States). Surely this gets it working in most instances? Or is it still as bad?
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As the car's 3G connection is so naff, I intend to tether my phone so that I can get 4G (unless my car comes with LTE as some cars now have in the States). Surely this gets it working in most instances? Or is it still as bad?
Tethering to your phone can help a lot - provided your phone isn't on O2, in which case it won't help at all.
I don't find that a problem now that red/yellow traffic is drawn on top of the blue.Hi
also the 'blue' route is still to 'thick' and makes viewing traffic hold-ups hard work.
Yes, good advice.The dash GPS based (turn by turn) navigation is good but you MUST select a new,previously unvisited, destination while you still have a 3G signal. pre-load before leaving.
Hence when you are in mid wales (or on the M40) both with almost no 3G, you can select your next destination from the 'last destinations' where it has been saved.
The only down side is when your day/workload changes and you need a genuine new destination - and have no signal....
Not much that can be done about this.Yes we can all navigate - between places - but the mileage and charging remaining information is what we miss when the 3G goes.
The ever insistence to always take you to a Supercharger - just seems to over emphasise the cars dependence on them. which is not my experience.
an example - fully charged, I choose to drive from Towcester to Exeter Supercharger 168miles (with in range) , and the Nav tells me to charge in Bristol. Difficult to get it to ignore this or not want to go there -Why?
My screen has a very intermittent blue line. It draws initially (but not from present position) then diappears after a while and comes back very intermittently. Sometimes I can see a few miles of blues line a few miles ahead. Started happening one day and has been the same since. Any ideas?
My screen has a very intermittent blue line. It draws initially (but not from present position) then diappears after a while and comes back very intermittently. Sometimes I can see a few miles of blues line a few miles ahead. Started happening one day and has been the same since. Any ideas?
When I asked Tesla about this, they said it was a current limitation of the API with Google - the navigation isn't using the sams API as we benefit from using the web interface where you can drag and plan via routes.To my mind the main issues with the Model S navigation system are not the disappearing touchscreen maps, they are much more fundamental:
1. There's no ability to program a route with intermediate stops ("via" somewhere) - this is basic, you can do it on a £50 standalone unit.
2. There's no ability to tell the system that there is a blockage ahead (here, or up to a couple of miles from here), and have it re-route - again this is basic.
These are within Tesla's control to fix, whereas the lack of 3G signal across significant parts of the UK is not.
From my understanding as the initial route is only done by the touchscreen and Google, you need some form of data signal for it to do the route, and if you lose data connectivity during the drive, you lose the touchscreen / Google side, but the Garmin Navigon on the dash continues to function in its limited way, so there must be a hand-off from Google to Navigon. Maybe this communication is also part of the reason why you cannot currently do diversions and it's not just a Google API limitation...