Cockpit, Tesla Model S (2012)Photos
- Cockpit, Tesla Model S (2012)
Cockpit, Tesla Model S (2012)
Instrument cluster, Tesla Model S (2012)
Instrument cluster, Tesla Model S (2012)
Centre display, Tesla Model S (2012)
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- Tesla Model S (2012), photo 1Cockpit · “Tesla Model S digital panels” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: jurvetson (Steve Jurvetson) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Tesla Model S (2012), photo 2Cockpit · “The interior of TESLA MODEL S P100D” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Tesla Model S (2012), photo 3Instrument cluster · “Tesla Model S P85+ dashboard with zero range” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Lklundin · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Tesla Model S (2012), photo 4Instrument cluster · “Tesla Model S P85+ dashboard with zero range (cropped)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Lklundin · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Tesla Model S (2012), photo 5Centre display · “Tesla Mittelkonsole” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Czmartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
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- Tesla Model S (2012)Cockpit · “Tesla Model S digital panels” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: jurvetson (Steve Jurvetson) · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
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Summary
The first Model S ran nearly every function from one portrait touchscreen, leaving the stalks and a few steering-wheel controls as almost the only physical switches. Over-the-air updates kept changing its interface for as long as it was built.
Specifications
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Wide screen behind the wheel for speed and energy use; from 2015 it also shows the car with the vehicles tracked around it.
Centre display
Tesla touchscreen software (launch version)
A status bar along the top, a row of apps beneath it and a main area split in two.
Autosteer, Auto Lane Change and Autopark worked only on cars built with the 2014 sensor suite.
Gave the portrait screen the layout of the Model 3.
Controls
Media volume is set with a scroll wheel on the steering wheel, the gear lever is a column stalk on the right, and the power-seat switches are Daimler parts.
Notes
The 2016 facelift changed the nose but not the cockpit.
Facts
- The portrait IPS touchscreen takes the place of a conventional centre stack.[2][3]
- Climate controls for both front zones and the seat heaters sit in a strip at the foot of the screen that stays in place whatever app is open.[2]
- The driver display has a resolution of 1280×480.[1][4]
- The touchscreen first ran on an Nvidia Tegra 3 and the cluster on a separate Tegra 2; around 2018 one Intel Atom computer, known as MCU2, replaced both.[1]
- Software 7.0, released in October 2015, redesigned the instrument panel and switched on the first Autopilot functions.[5]