http://www.businessinsider.com.au/tesla-model-s-easter-egg-turns-car-into-submarine-car-from-james-bond-2015-2 The Tesla Model S has a secret James Bond mode -- here's what happens when you type '007' into the dashboard Steven Tweedie 02/28/2015
[image http://static.businessinsider.com/image/54f07e2869bedd1d63cb781a/image.jpg (007 ice) http://static.businessinsider.com/image/54f07c4ceab8ea7c59cb781b/image.jpg (Tesla-S display showing Easter-Egg) video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mnZZMXi8L8 Hidden Tesla Easter egg - how to make your Model S submersible. Josh Heffner Feb 26, 2015 Just another reason to love Tesla. ] In case you needed another reason to love the Tesla Model S, a newly discovered easter egg now lets you play secret agent by turning your electric car into the famous submarine car from the James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me.” The easter egg is accessed via the Tesla Model S’s large 17-inch display, according to Jalopnik, which had confirmed with Tesla Motors that the easter egg is indeed real. By first clicking on the control menu, Model S owners can hold down the “T” button to bring up the technician login screen. Next, just type in James Bond’s infamous “007” code name, and the on-screen car is transformed into the submersible Lotus Espirit 1 car. Here’s what the easter egg looks like (notice the suspension has now been transformed into “Depth (Leagues)” with a maximum depth of 20,000 leagues. While it’s impressive that nobody has discovered this easter egg before now, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. Tesla CEO Elon Musk famously purchased the actual Lotus Espirit S1 car used in the James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me” for $US866,000, and Musk says he plans to convert it into a fully functional submersible vehicle too. In the meantime, however, Musk and other Tesla Model S owners can have the next best thing. Just add it to the list of cool features you can show off the next time you give someone a ride — don’t forget the car’s “insane mode.” To see the submarine transformation in action, you can watch this video tutorial of how to access the easter egg embedded below. [© businessinsider.com.au] ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)#Software In computer software, Easter eggs are secret responses that occur in response to an undocumented set of commands. http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/27/this-hidden-tesla-feature-is-for-secret-agents-only/ This Hidden Tesla Feature Is For Secret Agents Only Giuseppe Macri 02/27/2015 [images http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/RTR49M41_opt-e1425054290601.jpg New all-wheel-drive versions of the Tesla Model S car are lined up for test drives in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Tesla Motors Inc on Thursday took its first step toward automated driving, unveiling features that will allow its electric sedan to park itself and sense dangerous situations. The company also said it will roll out an all-wheel drive option of the Model S sedan that can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds yet doesn New all-wheel-drive versions of the Tesla Model S car are lined up for test drives in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Tesla Motors Inc on Thursday took its first step toward automated driving, unveiling features that will allow its electric sedan to park itself and sense dangerous situations. The company also said it will roll out an all-wheel drive option of the Model S sedan that can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds yet doesn't compromise the vehicle's efficiency. CEO Elon Musk said "D" stands for "dual motor," meaning Tesla's all-wheel drive vehicle will have a motor at either end of the chassis to increase control. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - RTR49M41 http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Tesla-Model-S-Jalopnik.jpg Tesla Model S Jalopnik videos flash ] Owners of the Tesla Model S may be surprised to discover the leading electric car has a very wet feature reserved for secret agents only. Thanks to a newly discovered feature reported by Jalopnik, aspiring MI6 recruits can wow their fellow spies 007-style by transforming their ride into the Lotus Esprit S1 submersible from “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Sleuths need only select the “T” logo and type in “007? to activate the easter egg, which includes a secondary reference to Jules Verne by letting users select a depth of “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.” [Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk purchased the Lotus used in the 1977 film for $866,000 in 2013] “It was amazing as a little kid in South Africa to watch James Bond in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ drive his Lotus Esprit off a pier, press a button and have it transform into a submarine underwater,” Musk said in a statement according to The Guardian. “I was disappointed to learn that it can’t actually transform. What I’m going to do is upgrade it with a Tesla electric powertrain and try to make it transform for real.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t include the surface-to-air missiles. [© 2015 The Daily Caller] http://jalopnik.com/bonds-lotus-submarine-is-the-best-tesla-model-s-easter-1688281094 Bond's Lotus Submarine Is The Best Tesla Model S Easter Egg Damon Lavrinc 02/27/2015 [images http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--GkpPSpRT--/ybxrzqbuacvsylvgwise.jpg (Bond's Lotus Submarine Easter Egg) http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0kTOHMzP--/ccmxsbxz7rzbh5kop3xj.jpg ] Tesla makes the best automotive easter eggs, from stereos that go to 11 to hidden little features in its massive 17-inch display. But this? This just wins.1 No, it's not Photoshop. It's a gem referencing everyone's (ok, my) favorite James Bond car, the Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me, the same car that Elon Musk purchased for $866,000 and plans to turn into a functional submersible. Because, y'know, Musk. We've confirmed with Tesla that it's real and part of a software update (v5.9) that was pushed to the Model S nearly a year ago, and it took until now for someone to find it. Unfortunately, Tesla won't tell us how to do it or how it impacts range [© jalopnik.com] http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1113343474/tesla-easter-egg-transforms-car-into-james-bond-sub-sort-of-030115/ Tesla Easter egg transforms car into James Bond sub (sort of) March 1, 2015 Chuck Bednar More than one-year after the release of the Tesla Model S, one eagle-eyed Instagram user [ https://instagram.com/p/zi8OwoPknR/ ] has discovered the Easter egg to end all Easter eggs: how to turn the electric car into a Lotus Esprit S1 submersible, as featured in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. Well, sort of. The trick won’t actually make your car able to go underwater and pull off amazing spy-gadget-type stuff, but it is pretty darn cool nonetheless. All you have to do, according to the folks at The Verge [ http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/27/8119415/telsa-model-s-has-a-hidden-james-bond-mode ], is hold down the ‘T’ logo, enter the access code ‘007’ and return to Controls, and the display will make it appear as though your car is the Bond submersible ... 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