Tesla cars are now gaming rigs - Steam has arrived on Model S and Model X
Apple Music support has also been added to these vehicles
Published: 14th December 2022 | Source: Tesla |
Steam has been integrated into Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles, turning them into gaming rigs
As part of each model's "Holiday Update", Tesla's "new" (likely Plaid) Model S and Model X vehicles have gained support for Steam, Valve's PC gaming client. This allows users of compatible Tesla vehicles to play PC games on their EVs, effectively turning their infotainment systems into powerful gaming PCs.
Tesla's latest Model S and Model X vehicles contain an infotainment system that features an AMD Ryzen processor and an AMD RDNA 2 GPU. This gives newer Tesla vehicles enough gaming horsepower to play modern PC games, with Tesla showcasing Cyberpunk 2077 in the video below.
With Steam integration Tesla has stated that their Model S and Model X vehicles are now compatible with thousands of PC games. It is currently believed that Tesla's vehicles cannot play PC games while in motion, making Tesla's gaming feature a stationary affair. This is a handy feature for anyone who needs to wait for their vehicle to fast charge, though it is worth remembering that powering what is effectively a gaming PC will reduce your Tesla's rate of charge.
Tesla's Holiday update for their Model S and Model X vehicles has also added support for Apple Music to their infotainment system.
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Originally Posted by Warchild
You pull into a rest stop to get some food, come back and your car battery is suddenly on 10%.
The boy in the back smiling as he continues to play CP2077 |
Which defeats the purpose of charging when your "Car PC" is consuming hundreds of watts.Quote
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Originally Posted by NeverBackDown
Basically play while charging
Which defeats the purpose of charging when your "Car PC" is consuming hundreds of watts. |
The most high-end PCs will consume around 1KW per hour, the battery inside a model S stands around 100kw of capacity. It can easily power your entire house for a couple days even if your household uses more power than average. If you're being careful with energy usage you could have lights, electric stove, fridge and the other essentials for a week from it. Gaming won't make much difference at all.
Given you can easily get multiple dozens of percentage points with a half an hour charge at a supercharging station, the less than half a percentage point that gaming would use up during this time-frame is really negligible.
And yes by just driving your car around you use all this power in just a few hours. They're way more power hungry than any household electric device including gaming PCs and heaters. After all, they're carrying around literal tons of weight.Quote
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Originally Posted by meuvoy
I think you guys are totally utterly underestimating the power usage of an electric car and the rate of charge of its batteries.
The most high-end PCs will consume around 1KW per hour, the battery inside a model S stands around 100kw of capacity. It can easily power your entire house for a couple days even if your household uses more power than average. If you're being careful with energy usage you could have lights, electric stove, fridge and the other essentials for a week from it. Gaming won't make much difference at all. Given you can easily get multiple dozens of percentage points with a half an hour charge at a supercharging station, the less than half a percentage point that gaming would use up during this time-frame is really negligible. And yes by just driving your car around you use all this power in just a few hours. They're way more power hungry than any household electric device including gaming PCs and heaters. After all, they're carrying around literal tons of weight. |
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