Tesla Boombox vs an engine sound while driving
The Tesla Boombox plays sounds outside the car when parked. TesRev plays a V8, V10 or V12 inside the car while you drive. What each one does, and how they differ.
Two different things
Searching for a way to make a Tesla sound like a combustion car, you quickly land on the Boombox. It is a fun feature of the Tesla's Toybox, but it does not do what most drivers have in mind: an engine that roars while you drive.
- Tesla Boombox plays sounds outside the car, through the external pedestrian warning speaker that many Teslas have. Since a 2022 software update, it only plays while the car is in Park. The sounds are fixed clips: horns, goat, applause, or your own sounds from a USB drive.
- TesRev plays an engine inside the car, through the cabin speakers, while you drive. The sound is not a clip: it is synthesized in real time and follows your driving, revving up when you accelerate, shifting gears, popping on lift-off.
Side by side
- Where you hear it: Boombox, outside the car; TesRev, inside.
- When: Boombox, parked only; TesRev, while driving, and parked with the Rev button.
- The sound: Boombox, fixed clips; TesRev, 17 engines that react to the accelerator: V8, V10, V12, rotary, Formula 1 V10 and more.
- What it needs: Boombox, a Tesla with the external speaker; TesRev, the Tesla's browser with an internet connection, and optionally a phone in a holder.
Can you use both?
Yes: they do not interfere. TesRev is just a web page playing sound through the cabin speakers, like a music website; it changes nothing in the car and does not touch the Boombox or any other setting.
TesRev is an independent project, not affiliated with Tesla, Inc. Boombox and Toybox are features of Tesla's software.
Hear it in your Tesla
Open tesrev.com in your Tesla's web browser: the engine screen opens and the engine starts by itself. Add your phone in a holder for a sharper response. Free while in testing, nothing to install, nothing connected to the car.