Thursday, April 9, 2009

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



Mike and I were the first journalists to ride in the new Tesla Model S sedan yesterday and we were captivated by the massive 17-inch touch screen (so was Gizmodo) featured in the center console of the car. Both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and chief designer Franz von Holzhausen didn't say much about the on screen system, except that it does have touch capability, it is an "entertainment center" and that it is a prototype which is still undergoing changes and improvements (see what both Musk and von Holzhausen said in our video).

Tesla says that 520 S Model all electric sedans have been reserved by customers in first week since it was announced. At that announcement, Tesla debuted the screen but it wasn't much to look at (see right). Now it looks much better (Thanks to Nik_Nik for the picture above).

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[Source: TechCrunch - Posted by FreeAutoBlogger]

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