Photo: EstherKokkelman / RealRusty / TFFeV on Twitter | Edited
Last year, in December, Tesla announced that it would expand its light show feature by allowing its EVs to play the same song and synchronize their headlamps, indicators, and taillights. Depending on the programming and the models used, they can even open the doors and trunk and play with the windows. There have been some respectable attempts at making great use of this fun implementation, but none have happened on such a large scale before. Here's the gist of it.
"Computers on wheels" don't have to be boring for the everyday user. Tesla understood that right from the get-go. As soon as it had some time to spare, it allowed engineers to ship some unexpectedly cool features. The synchronized light show is one of them.
But Tesla owners are savvy enough to know how to expand the capabilities of such a nifty function. They played around with the settings and quickly figured out that you can do almost anything. Someone even played the Mario theme song on a Model X, and it was pretty fun to watch the SUV with its falcon wing doors perform to the famous tune.
However, the feature was put to the test by 170 Tesla EVs when a group decided to recreate the Cybertruck's shape. That happened in July, in San Luis Obispo, California. It was their way of celebrating the pickup truck nearing delivery, even though they were still three months ahead of schedule. The Cybertruck is expected to reach its first owners in October.
Tesla fans from Germany and neighboring countries have now dwarfed that record. Over 250 units attended this intricate light show that put Baltic House Orchestra's reinterpretation of Red Hot Chilli Peppers' "Can't Stop" on display.
For a minute, a parking lot in Hamm, Germany, was turned into a concert area. All the EVs present synchronized beautifully and put on an incredible show without leaving room for error.
A UK-based Tesla owner who created a large database with light show presets helped the group achieve its goals. He brought nearly 1,000 USB sticks. Too bad we didn't get to see them all used for this event.
Finally, if you want to turn your Tesla into a jukebox on steroids, here are the steps. All you have to do is download a preset that has already been created by an enthusiast or work your magic and bring a totally new one forward. Put it on a USB stick formatted as exFAT, FAT 32, ext3, ext4, or MS-DOS FAT. Add the two files that should be marked as ".fseq" and ".mp3" or ".wav" into a new folder named "LightShow" (include the quotation marks).
Then, insert it into one of the available USB slots. Go to the Toybox submenu, tap on Light Show, and, voila, that's it. Use the scheduling tool to synchronize it with one or more Tesla EVs. Enjoy!
But Tesla owners are savvy enough to know how to expand the capabilities of such a nifty function. They played around with the settings and quickly figured out that you can do almost anything. Someone even played the Mario theme song on a Model X, and it was pretty fun to watch the SUV with its falcon wing doors perform to the famous tune.
However, the feature was put to the test by 170 Tesla EVs when a group decided to recreate the Cybertruck's shape. That happened in July, in San Luis Obispo, California. It was their way of celebrating the pickup truck nearing delivery, even though they were still three months ahead of schedule. The Cybertruck is expected to reach its first owners in October.
Tesla fans from Germany and neighboring countries have now dwarfed that record. Over 250 units attended this intricate light show that put Baltic House Orchestra's reinterpretation of Red Hot Chilli Peppers' "Can't Stop" on display.
For a minute, a parking lot in Hamm, Germany, was turned into a concert area. All the EVs present synchronized beautifully and put on an incredible show without leaving room for error.
A UK-based Tesla owner who created a large database with light show presets helped the group achieve its goals. He brought nearly 1,000 USB sticks. Too bad we didn't get to see them all used for this event.
Finally, if you want to turn your Tesla into a jukebox on steroids, here are the steps. All you have to do is download a preset that has already been created by an enthusiast or work your magic and bring a totally new one forward. Put it on a USB stick formatted as exFAT, FAT 32, ext3, ext4, or MS-DOS FAT. Add the two files that should be marked as ".fseq" and ".mp3" or ".wav" into a new folder named "LightShow" (include the quotation marks).
Then, insert it into one of the available USB slots. Go to the Toybox submenu, tap on Light Show, and, voila, that's it. Use the scheduling tool to synchronize it with one or more Tesla EVs. Enjoy!
Biggest Tesla Light Show - Hamm, Germany, 23th September 2023 pic.twitter.com/AQphBpx7hL
— Rusty ????? (@RealRusty) September 23, 2023
Another world record by @Tesla ???? @elonmusk @TundEmagazin @NicoPliquett @Teslalightshows pic.twitter.com/AQphBpx7hL
— Rusty ????? (@RealRusty) September 23, 2023
Breaking:
— Esther Kokkelmans (@EstherKokkelman) September 23, 2023
The @tesla #lightshow world record was broken today in Germany during the #2befair electric community event in Hamm.????????????
The previous record was set at 172 Teslas and for regular cars at 200. Here we have over 250 Teslas (more details soon)!
This was done with a… pic.twitter.com/akPFpMM4We
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