Tesla To Suggest Travel Destinations In New Navigation System Update

Tesla’s popular and market leading Model 3 luxury all-electric sedan is morphing steadily into the ultimate road trip electric vehicle (EV) with a slew of updates to its infotainment system.

Barely a month after announcing the addition of Bethesda Games’ hugely popular "Fallout 3" to the in-car touchscreen infotainment displays on its EVs, Tesla is saying it intends to suggest travel destinations using the in-car navigation system in the “next software release.”

The revelation was made Tuesday by CEO Elon Musk in response to a tweet from a Tesla owner, who said “Hey @elonmusk can you add an ‘I'm feeling lucky’ destination option and take the driver on a fun surprise adventure.”

To which Musk replied after two hours, “Would be cool if car took you to a random fun place traveled to by other Tesla owners in the area.”

In a succeeding tweet, Musk confirmed Tesla will bring new buttons to Tesla’s navigation system based on the suggestion, tweeting, “Done. I’m feeling (Lucky emoji) & I’m feeling (Happy emoji) navigation buttons coming with next software release.”

Musk wants to add an “I’m feeling lucky” button to send owners on their way to a destination popular with local Tesla owners. It also seems he might add an “I’m feeling hungry” button to send owners to a restaurant popular with local Tesla owners.

Good for local tourism and Tesla owners, right?

The addition of more entertainment is to be expected since data shows Tesla owners are taking longer and longer drives on account of new updates.

Tesla’s updated Supercharger network gives owners the ability to travel farther than they would in regular gass guzzlers. The fact Tesla offers unlimited free Supercharging and free Supercharging credits to owners is another reason for owners to take to the road more often.

More entertainment updates might be in the cards. Over the past year, Musk has kept talking about Tesla improving maps and navigation “dramatically” to get owners to where they want to go faster and with less fuss.