{"id":132217,"date":"2018-12-17T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=132217"},"modified":"2018-12-17T14:13:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T19:13:36","slug":"teslas-newest-easter-egg-is-a-gas-or-gaseous-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2018\/12\/teslas-newest-easter-egg-is-a-gas-or-gaseous-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla&#8217;s Newest Easter Egg is a Gas &#8230; or Gaseous Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_132218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132218\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tesla-fart-tweet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132218\" title=\"Tesla fart tweet\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tesla-fart-tweet-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks like the new Tesla Easter egg is a lot hot air, or at least is sounds like it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever been in a car on a trip when a smell invades the cabin of your vehicle, then good news: Elon Musk and Tesla have the audio to pair with your olfactory experience: a fart app.<\/p>\n<p>Musk confirmed the company was working on it in a tweet: \u201cTesla\u00a0(fart emoji)\u00a0app almost done. Important to get every note right!\u201d The fart app can be found in the Easter egg drawer of Tesla models that have received the most recent software update.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43819\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43819\" title=\"Subscribe 32\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321.jpg 152w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dig Deeper!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be clear, it\u2019s not a euphemism for something else, instead, yes, it sounds like someone in the car \u2013 or the car itself \u2013 is passing gas.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Even better, owners can choose from a variety of farting sounds and when and how they are triggered. For example, instead of that familiar clicking noise one hears when using the turn signal, can now be fart sounds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Could a pickup truck be Tesla&#8217;s next vehicle? <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2018\/12\/could-a-pickup-truck-be-teslas-next-vehicle\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132058\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Elon-Musk-60-minutes-laugh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132058\" title=\"Elon Musk 60 minutes laugh\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Elon-Musk-60-minutes-laugh-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musk clearly enjoys having a bit of fun \u2014 the latest software update for Tesla includes a fart app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes. Sounds. A quick check of the app reveals a variety of options for gaseous emanations, a few of which reference things in Tesla and Musk\u2019s history, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boring Fart \u2013 a reference to The Boring Co., which is boring a tunnel under Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Falcon Heavy \u2013 a reference to SpaceX\u2019s biggest rocket<\/li>\n<li>Ludicrous Fart \u2013 a reference to\u00a0Tesla\u2019s Ludicrous mode<\/li>\n<li>Neurastink \u2013 a reference to\u00a0Neuralink<\/li>\n<li>Not a Fart \u2013 a reference to \u201cNot a Flamethrower,\u201d of which he sold 20,000 units<\/li>\n<li>Short Shorts Ripper \u2013 a reference to investors shorting TSLA stock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is another called \u201cI\u2019m so random.\u201d It appears to be what it suggests, drive along and a radom fart will occur. No company reference to recall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2018\/12\/teslas-musk-expresses-interest-in-closing-gm-plants\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0for more about CEO Musk&#8217;s interest in closing GM plants.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The same software update also has a \u201cfireplace\u201d Easter egg that changes the center screen into a fireplace, turn the heat up, and blast some romantic music, according to Electrek.com.<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Boring-Co-December-18-tweet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-132221\" title=\"Boring Co December 18 tweet\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Boring-Co-December-18-tweet-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the company appears to be on-track for the public viewing of its first high-speed test tunnel in Hawthorne, California, where SpaceX\u2019s headquarters is located. The first test was supposed to take place on Dec. 10, but was delayed without any real explanation.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Dec. 14, Musk tweeted out a picture of a tunnel opening with the date \u201cDecember 18\u201d on it so it would seem that plans are still on for folks to come out and get a test ride in the company\u2019s first 150-mph car transport tunnel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Tesla hustling to build new plant in China.\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2018\/12\/tesla-hustling-to-build-new-plant-in-china\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company has agreements in place with the city of Los Angeles and Chicago to build tunnels, according to Musk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever been in a car on a trip when a smell invades the cabin of your vehicle, then good news: Elon Musk and Tesla have the audio to pair with your olfactory experience: a fart app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":132218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,12,9],"tags":[],"make":[110],"post-state":[],"category_old":[150,151,123,319,299,316,132,125,139,291,207,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132217"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=132217"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=132217"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=132217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}