Usually speed based in my prior non-luxury cars.. no idea otherwise.

Is your X noisy?

 

I think all cars are noisy on highways

 

I have always said this, available in most European cars in my experience. Not even a luxury thing, my wife's Peugeot has it. Quite surprising they don't have this as an option, can't be that hard to do.

 

I thought all cars nowadays have this feature, but apparently not Tesla's.

I've never had such a feature on any of my cars. <shrug>

 

I had it on one. It wasn't particularly reliable, so I turned the feature off.

 

I think we (or, at least I) might be confusing two different issues here.

One is Auto Volume Control which increases or decreases the sound of the audio system based (supposedly) on ambient noise but I think most are based on vehicle speed. I've had this in at least two vehicles and always disabled it as it turned the volume too high or too low for my liking. If I recall correctly, VW group called theirs GALA, graduated audio leveling something. Tesla's do not have this, I think they're focusing on dual pane/acoustic glass and other sound deadening tactics to make the vehicle more quiet which may make this feature not needed.

The other is Automatic Noise Cancelling, which Model S/X have where the vehicle identifies unwanted sound (Road noise, wind noise, etc) and emits the anti-sound equivalent thru the speakers resulting in a more quiet experience and minimizes the need to adjust the audio system's volume. This is not common in all vehicles, although I think more than a few other vehicle manufacturers offer it.

 

Yer, I was referring to Auto Volume Control. Auto manufacturers call it different things, but you get the gist of the idea.

When I drive on highways, I have to turn up the car volume due to road noise. But once the car slows down, the volume is way too high for slower streets.

 

> Automatic Noise Cancelling

Doesn't sound like the OP's question though. 😁

I don't believe in ANC other than in a confined and controlled location, like over or in my ears.

I definitely haven't had ANC in my cars. I guess it must work since it is promoted as a premium feature in luxury cars.

 

I remember speed-dependent automatic volume adjustments on vehicles as far back as mid-90s GM models when some of their radios gained access to a data bus that included vehicle speed. Most of my last couple-dozen vehicles had it. My '19 MX-5 Miata has it.

Several of these vehicles also had active noise cancellation and a few had also added "fake" engines sounds.

Both features are fairly common these days - including active noise cancellation, which allows automakers to save money and weight by reducing the amount of sound-absorbing materials and compensate for it using out-of-phase sound from the existing audio system.

I, too, am surprised that Tesla doesn't include automatic volume adjustments - this could be easily added with a software update.

 

I seem to recall Tesla had speed based volume adjustment in the early Model 3 firmware (up until mid 2018?) then it just sort of disappeared. Whether it was an intentional feature or a bug, since then, the closest we have is the volume reduction when opening the door or shifting into reverse.

I’ll look through my old OMs and see if it’s mentioned.