Comments on: A Look At The Tesla S 17-inch Haptic Entertainment And Navigation System

By: Steve Holton

Steve Holton — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:18:15 +0000

Check the stills of the Steering wheel in the second picture above.

There are an awful lot of buttons there, which seems in keeping with current trends of putting many of the driver controls (cruise control, audio volume, station selection, etc) literally “at the driver’s fingertips”.

And video-capable systems such as this are commonly wired to prevent the playing of video while the vehicle is in motion, in keeping with legal requirements in many jurisdictions.

By: Hot wheels: riding in Tesla’s battery powered 2011 Model S, the electric sport sedan | Organic Gardening

Mon, 04 May 2009 09:59:54 +0000

[...] plus their luggage. The kids (tucked into two rear-facing jump seats) fight over access to the 17-inch infotainment system between the front seats, which can make cellphone calls, access the Internet and stream music. [...]

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By: Unfill The Land Fill

Unfill The Land Fill — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:19:21 +0000

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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:26:35 +0000

[...] is really cool. Tesla is using Merapi and Adobe AIR for their cool, new user interface. If you check out the TechCrunch article you’ll see the new car comes with a 17 inch touch [...]

By: The Tesla Model S - Touch-Screen User Experience is Powered by Roundarch’s Merapi Project

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:24:29 +0000

[...] touch-screen that constitutes the Tesla Model S dashboard and vehicle controls. (See Photos: Tech Crunch – Wired) / (See Video: [...]

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The Linux Action Show! Season 10 Episode 3 | Jupiter Broadcasting — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:18:30 +0000

[...] The Tesla Haptic Entertainment And Navigation System, Runs Linux [...]

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:58:44 +0000

Does anyone know who developed this system? I know the Tesla Roadster has a JVC system (aftermarket) but that is obviously far from this technology.

By: Ian Jorgensen

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:11:46 +0000

Nice

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Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:25:25 +0000

[...] A Look At The Tesla S 17-inch Haptic Entertainment And Navigation System Its a 17-inch LCD touch computer screen that has 3G or wireless connectivity. When we were in the car, the screen featured Google Maps. Tesla’s website verifies that the screen will be able to feature sites like Google Maps and Pandora Music. From what we saw yesterday, the screen is divided vertically into three separate areas: the maps/navigation screen, radio/entertainment area, and climate controls. The navigation screen has several tabs: “internet,” “navigation,” “car,” “backup,” and “phone.” The entertainment section has several tabs, including “audio,” “media,” “streaming,” “playlists,” “artists” and “songs.” The climate controls seem pretty standard. Our driver (see video) says that the computer is going to be run on some kind of Google Maps software and will feature a “full browser.” It’s not surprising that Google Maps is integrated into the interface, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are investors in Tesla. The dashboard is also an LCD touch screen. Tesla has also confirmed to us that the computer/entertainment center will be Linux-based. [...]

By: TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder

TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:55:45 +0000

[...] undergoing changes and improvements (see what both Musk and von Holzhausen said in our video). (http://www.tech...nt-and-navigati... [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:01:20 +0000

So how is this UI power efficient… looks like it would be burning too much power on a sunny day to show those buttons…

Takes 0W in other cars

By: BobCFC

BobCFC — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:12:40 +0000

Yay, Ubuntu Telsa Edition!

By: pinballs

pinballs — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:45:56 +0000

journalist |ˈjərnl-ist|
noun
a person who writes for newspapers or magazines or prepares news to be broadcast on radio or television.

Source: New Oxford America Dictionary

By: emma

emma — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:19:39 +0000

“Mike and I were the first journalists ” breaking news, you’re not journalists!

By: Tesla S: la “touch car” « ludonara.com - le blog multimedia.T.I.C

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:15:16 +0000

[...] Arrington de TechCrunch a eu la primeur de pouvoir tester la voiture et d’en apprendre un peu plus sur son cockpit [...]

By: Multimedia-PCs - » Video: Tesla S Touch Screen Console

Multimedia-PCs - » Video: Tesla S Touch Screen Console — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:01:01 +0000

[...] (via TechCrunch) [...]

By: Far Jangtrakool

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:29:02 +0000

Wow, 3G and Wireless… Boss I’ll be working from Car today

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MotorMediaWatch April 10, 2009 | Motorfieber das Auto-Blog — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:10:48 +0000

[...] A Look At The Tesla S 17-inch Haptic Entertainment And Navigation System [...]

By: Engago team

Engago team — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:26:19 +0000

Now you will buy a car for it’s 17 inch screen in order to view movies and other entertainment on your drive or garage instead of driving around.

By: Envy

Envy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:45:34 +0000

that looks cool, and you are not a journalist, you are a glorified blogger…

By: Wil

Wil — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:44:46 +0000

This looks like a *huge* improvement over the crappy GPS/stereo in the Roadster, which quite frankly sucks.

By: Kyle Sellers

Kyle Sellers — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:33:20 +0000

I don’t care how great the haptic feedback system is, you still need at least one analog device: the volume knob. When you’re driving around, you just want to be able to reach out and adjust the volume.

So does your wife in the passenger seat. My wife would be pissed if she couldn’t easily turn my music down.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:05:45 +0000

I think the least you can do is put “Sponsored Post” on this since it’s the second shameless plug for Tesla in the last 48 hrs.

By: BOLSA DE TRABAJO

BOLSA DE TRABAJO — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:26:06 +0000

awesome screen and car too.