http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/tesla-mariokart-easter-egg/ Tesla Easter egg lets you drive on Mario Kart's Rainbow Road [2016/04/11] Nick Jaynes
[image http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzEyL2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjRhMmJhLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/6894645b/8f7/Screen_Shot_2016-04-11_at_4.49.32_PM__2_.jpg (screen capture) video https://youtu.be/YVAfFZBkiaA Tesla Easter egg new display on Version 2.16.17 P85D Richard Middleton Apr 10, 2016 (comment NM64 - Nintendo Maniac 64 I am giggling like a school girl right now, this is a great easter egg ...) ] Turns out, Tesla engineers have a sense of humor ... or at least a healthy Nintendo 64 addiction. Following the instructions in a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a Tesla owner posted a video to YouTube Monday afternoon showing a Mario Kart Easter egg. [tweet Activate autopilot 4X in quick succession for psychedelic cowbell road. And, yes, we are adding more cowbell soon. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 11, 2016 ] The cheat-code that enables the Easter egg is pretty simple. According to Musk, owners of Tesla vehicles equipped with Autopilot simply need to engage the semi-autonomous driving system four times in quick succession. And, boom, you're suddenly riding around on a virtual Rainbow Road. If you do engage this sweet Easter egg, I recommend you stick to the posted speed limit, unlike the Tesla-driving YouTuber ... [© mashable.com] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_cowbell More cowbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCd0OjjCz88 http://www.theweek.co.uk/70448/tesla-reveals-easter-egg-as-2700-cars-are-recalled Tesla reveals Easter egg as 2,700 cars are recalled Apr 12, 2016 Last year, a hidden James Bond mode turned the display car into the Lotus Esprit ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Tesla-S-Easter-egg-more-cowbell-drives-on-Mario-Kart-s-Rainbow-Rd-v-tp4681549.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
