{"id":166565,"date":"2019-10-07T21:27:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1806499\/"},"modified":"2019-10-07T21:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:27:06","slug":"tesla-teases-customizable-horn-movement-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/07\/tesla-teases-customizable-horn-movement-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Teases Customizable Horn, Movement Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/model-3-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Tesla Model 3 (via Tesla)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesla drivers will soon be able to fart and bleat at passing cars and pedestrians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company CEO Elon Musk on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1180877114226008064\"  rel=\"noopener\">teased<\/a> an upcoming option to customize horn and low-speed movement sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Coconuts being one, of course,&#8221; he tweeted, alluding to the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which King Arthur&#8217;s assistant uses two halves of the tropical fruit to simulate hoofbeats of a nonexistent horse.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will consider<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1180877799734665216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musk used the blowing wind and goat emojis, meanwhile, to signify flatulence and baaing. Because one of the world&#8217;s most preeminent entrepreneurs is a seven-year-old child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full list of alternative noises is not yet available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company &#8220;will consider&#8221; allowing vehicle owners to upload their own sound clips\u2014a lawsuit waiting to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Engadget pointed out, Tesla may be bound by regional requirements for specific movement sounds to alert pedestrians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced requirements for &#8220;quiet cars&#8221; to emit a specific warning sound when moving at speeds below 20 mph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the agency is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/drivers-may-be-able-to-choose-quiet-vehicle-alert-sound-1804234\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">considering relaxing the rules<\/a> to allow a suite of alerts from which drivers may select their preference.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>I fart in your general direction<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surreal British humor is not limited to Tesla&#8217;s audio system, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The manufacturer&#8217;s V10 software update\u2014which introduces &#8220;Tesla Theater&#8221; for video playback on the large center display\u2014apparently comes with a themed Easter egg, first spotted by Model 3 owner Iwan Eberhart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Swiss motorist, who named his car &#8220;The Rabbit of Caerbannog&#8221; after one of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holy Grail<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s greatest gags, selects &#8220;Monty Python&#8221; in the Tesla Theater, he is redirected to a YouTube channel dedicated to the 50-year-old comedy troupe, of which Musk is an avid fan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After digging through the source code of the latest Tesla Android app update, <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2019\/10\/06\/tesla-monty-python-easter-egg-v10-software-update\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">9to5Google uncovered<\/a> a &#8220;coconut sound&#8221; MP3 file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Geek.com:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/officer-forced-to-abandon-pursuit-as-tesla-patrol-car-runs-out-of-juice-1805339\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officer Forced to Abandon Pursuit as Tesla Patrol Car Runs Out of Juice<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/tesla-ev-catches-fire-after-colliding-with-tow-truck-in-moscow-1799591\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesla EV Catches Fire After Colliding With Tow Truck in Moscow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/tesla-adds-netflix-youtube-streaming-to-in-car-content-1797820\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesla Adds Netflix, YouTube Streaming to In-Car Content<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/model-3-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Tesla Model 3 (via Tesla)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tesla drivers will soon be able to fart and bleat at passing cars and pedestrians. Company CEO Elon Musk on Sunday teased an upcoming option to customize horn and low-speed movement sounds. &ldquo;Coconuts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/tesla-teases-customizable-horn-movement-sounds-1806499\/\">Tesla Teases Customizable Horn, Movement Sounds<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/07\/tesla-teases-customizable-horn-movement-sounds\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2966,2688,7057,2,7058,2047,3758,2077,2521,2971,7],"tags":[364,398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,372,396,403,412,374,411,395,371,405,404,366],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Hkx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166580,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166565\/revisions\/166580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}