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A view from the driver's seat of a Tesla Model S, which has the dash cam feature.
- Elon Musk says it "makes sense" for Tesla vehicles to automatically record dash cam footage when the horn is pressed.
- Musk was asked his "thoughts on saving dashcam footage when honking the horn" by a Twitter user on Tuesday, to which the Tesla founder replied: "Yeah, makes sense."
- The dashcam feature is only available in Model S and Model X models manufactured after August 2017.
- Footage is not saved automatically, but can be saved onto an external USB drive inserted into one of the car's ports.
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Elon Musk hinted that he will look into creating a feature for Tesla vehicles with dash cams that would see them automatically record footage when the horn is pressed, telling a Twitter user that such a feature "makes sense."
"Yeah, makes sense," Musk replied to Twitter user Brandon Bernicky, who asked his "thoughts on saving dashcam footage when honking the horn?"
The dash cam feature is only available in Model S and Model X models manufactured after August 2017, according to Tesla.
In these models, as long as they have Tesla's Version 9.0 software, footage from the dash cam can be saved to a USB-stick by inserting it into a port inside the car, and then by configuring the dash cam to save the footage.
Musk has long engaged with fans on Twitter to listen to their suggestions for new Tesla features, saying last week he would look into launching a "drive thru mode" on Teslas after a customer complained that her car "beeped like crazy" every time she went to make her order.
"Can we get a drive thru mode please? It beeps like crazy every time I'm trying to get my chicken sandwich (; thank you!" the customer asked Musk, to which he replied: "Looking into it."
Musk on Tuesday announced Tesla's next Gigafactory will be located near Berlin, Germany.
Yeah, makes sense
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2019