book.book Page 5 Friday, July 19, 2013 12:53 PM Touchscreen - Controls 1. Close 4. Cold Weather Touch the circled X in the top left of a If Model S is equipped with the cold window to close it. You can also touch weather option, you can control all seat anywhere outside the window to close it. heaters and the heated wipers. Note that 2. Sunroof you can also control the front driver and If Model S is equipped with a sunroof, touch passenger seats using the main climate to adjust its position (see page 2.12). control panel located on the bottom of the 3. Driving touchscreen (see page 5.8). • Suspension 5. Trips If Model S is equipped with Active Air View and reset the trip meters that Suspension, touch to manually raise or summarize how far you have driven (see lower Model S (see page 5.11). You must page4.18). press the brake pedal before you can 6. Displays change suspension settings. Active Air Manually control the touchscreen’s Suspension causes Model S to self-level, brightness and control its day (light even when powered off. Therefore, when background) or night (dark background) lifting or towing, you must disable setting. When set to Auto, the touchscreen self-leveling (see pages 7.23 and 9.3). automatically changes between Day and • Steering mode Night brightness depending on the ambient Adjust the amount of effort required to lighting conditions. turn the steering wheel. Sport feels more 7. E-Brake & Power Off responsive whereas Comfort feels easier You can manually: to drive and park (see page 4.3). • Apply and release the parking brake • Regenerative braking (page 4.20). When you release the accelerator when • Power off (see page 4.6). driving, regenerative braking slows • Keep Model S in Neutral by activating ModelS and feeds any surplus energy Tow Mode (see page 9.3). back to the Battery. If set to Low, Model S 8. Doors & locks (see page 2.4) does not slow down as quickly, but you 9. Control lights (see page 4.11) may experience less range (see page4.21). WARNING: Do not read the touchscreen NOTE: Regardless of the setting, the while driving. Doing so increases the energy gained by regenerative braking is likelihood of a collision. Everything you need to reduced if the Battery is full, or if it is know when driving is displayed on the extremely cold or hot (the surplus energy instrument panel. is used to heat or cool the Battery). • Traction Control If you turn off Traction Control, a warning message displays on the instrument panel. The off setting stays in effect for the current drive only (see page 4.22). • Creep When on, Model S slowly moves forward when in Drive and backward in Reverse when you release the brake (similar to a conventional vehicle with an automatic transmission). You can only adjust this setting when Model S is in Park. USING THE TOUCHSCREEN 5.5