Tesla Touch Screens Provide Minimalist "Fade Mode"

The screens can be distracting and, therefore, dangerous if you drive an expensive car on the highway. If you own a Tesla, be afraid: the company adds a software feature that will make its giant touch screens less intrusive. Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, responding to a tweet from the owner EV Andrew Gold, confirmed that one "fade mode"will soon be added that hides all" except essential information. "This sounds like a neat option, and heck – if the screen does not work so hard, maybe it will also save the life of battery?

The Fade mode will be part of version 9, an eagerly awaited update of Tesla's electric fleet firmware. The update will change the user interface in the S model and the X cross model to be closer to model 3. It should also include "significant progress in terms of autonomy", Musk hinted during a conference call in August. The company's autopilot software could be fixed with a long-awaited 'ramp-out solution' that would move on faster lanes on the highway, identify your exit, move into the lane at an appropriate time .

Earlier this week, Jason Hughes, Tesla's handyman, leaked an earlier version of the firmware. on Twitter. He showed some of the changes in the user interface, and a new waypoints feature, but nothing else. In a tweet On September 5, Musk said that he was using version 9 of his car, but that it was not ready for publication yet. Tesla owners on the advance access program should have the update in the next two weeks, before the full rollout by the end of the month.