Engine sound for Tesla Model S and Model X

Engine sound for the Model S and Model X

TesRev plays a combustion engine through your Model S or Model X speakers, following your driving: it revs up when you accelerate, shifts gears through an automatic gearbox and pops on lift-off. It runs in the Tesla's web browser, so nothing is installed and nothing connects to the car's systems.

With a Plaid, the engine runs to the rev limiter in no time: try a high-revving engine such as the Italian V10, the V12 or the Formula 1 V10.

Which setting?

In the settings, pick Model S Long Range, Model S Plaid, Model X Long Range or Model X Plaid. TesRev uses the car's mass, power and drag to turn each acceleration into engine load: the Model X is heavier and has more drag than the Model S, and the Plaid has far more power than the Long Range.

Set it up

1. Get the car online: Premium Connectivity, or your phone's hotspot (how).
2. Open tesrev.com in the Tesla's browser. The engine screen opens and starts the engine. Allow location when asked.
3. Add your phone (recommended): scan the square code on the Tesla screen, tap Connect, then Allow, and put the phone in a holder.
4. Drive.

More details: How to set up TesRev.

Older cars

TesRev needs a recent browser that can synthesize sound in real time. Model S and Model X with the current media computer have one. Older cars with the first-generation media computer (MCU1) have a much older browser and have not been tested: the 20-second demo on the home page is a quick way to check, since it runs the same engine.