San Francisco, Aug 26 : Your Tesla car will soon be connected to the second-generation Starlink internet satellites in the wake of Elon Musk’s company is installing Starlink antennas at several charging points in the US.One Twitter user, on Friday, posted on Friday Musk: “Will tesla be getting this service with the top connectivity?”
Musk said: “Yes”.
Musk however, did not reveal more details about the technology.At a joint event with telecom carrier T-Mobile, he mentioned that the satellite-to-cellular coverage from Starlink will be capable of providing a 2-4 Mbps link, which is shared by everyone in the satellite’s coverage area.
According to The Verge, this is not enough to warrant premium connectivity features like live-streaming videos using your vehicle’s camera.
For used or new electric vehicles purchased from Tesla They “will be standard connected for the rest of the 8 years following the day that the vehicle was delivered new by Tesla or the day it was put in service (for instance, it is used as a service or demonstration vehicle) or when it was first put into service.”
The announcement was made in the same breath that T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Musk announced to launch a brand new network broadcast using Starlink’s satellites that use T-Mobile’s mid band spectrum that is available across the country.
The satellite-to-cellular service will provide nearly complete coverage almost anywhere a customer can see the sky.
This will enable people to text and send MMS messages as well as use “select messaging applications” when they have an unobstructed sight of the sky.
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