As part of Tesla’s Holiday Update, Tesla has introduced an awesome new feature - multi-vehicle synchronized Light Shows.
Now, you’re probably going to say: Wait! We’ve seen those kinds of light shows already.
And you’re not wrong - thanks to the hard work of people using the Light Show tool, you could synchronize light shows and run different shows on different vehicles. But this was a lot of manual, time-consuming work. Tesla now officially supports creating a light show involving up to eight vehicles.
Coordinated Shows
These new coordinated shows can be set up in the new xLights interface, making it far easier for Light Show designers to assemble everything. They’ll be able to edit and view multiple vehicles at the same time, synchronize them all together - and build variants with up to eight vehicles.
The output is still eight different Light Shows - which will still need to be put on USB flash drives and distributed to the correct vehicles in the correct order, but designers can now build a unified and coordinated light show. It could be possible to coordinate more than eight vehicles in a single Light Show - and we’re sure we’ll find out in the coming weeks what is possible with the updated xLights software.
Tesla showed off a great example below, putting together a jaw-dropping 8-vehicle Light Show using the new “Ready for Assault” show that arrived with the 2024 Holiday Update. Tesla has also gone ahead and contributed example Light Shows on Github to get Light Show designers familiar with the new process.
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Everything New in Light Shows
Tesla’s light show feature received a massive update with this year’s holiday update, but we’re only finding out about some of the features now. Here’s a quick rundown of everything new in Tesla’s Light Show feature:
Support the Off-road Lightbar for the Cybertruck
Start, Stop, or Schedule a Light Show from the Tesla app
Create longer Light Shows
Two new songs, including Cyber Symphony and Ready for Assault
Ability to control Ambient Lighting in 2024 Model 3 or Cybertruck
Display color effects on the vehicle’s center screen
Create Light Shows that involve up to eight vehicles
Cybertruck Lightbar Support
Another interesting addition is the recent support for the Cybertruck’s off-road lightbar. The off-road lightbar can be addressed in three zones - the forward main bar and left and right ditch beams. With the holiday update, Tesla also added the ability to program the vehicle’s ambient lighting, display color effects, and create longer light shows than ever before.
Tying everything together in this update is the ability to start, schedule, or stop a light show directly from the Tesla app.
