The name's Musk. Elon Musk.
Tesla
James Bond may favor Aston Martins and Bentleys when he hits the
road, but it turns out that Tesla Model S owners can channel a bit of
the British superspy.
The dashboard on the electric car has a top secret Easter egg: hold down the T button on the entertainment system and you'll trigger a prompt for an access code. Enter 007
and visit the Controls section of the system. The display, which
usually shows an image of the Tesla, instead features a picture of the
Lotus Esprit car/submarine combo from the 1977 Roger Moore outing The Spy Who Loved Me, including a Depth drop-down menu that maxes out at, naturally, 20,000 leagues. Needless to say, your Tesla is not equipped with submersible capabilities, so please avoid driving it into the nearest lake.
That seems like an idea that may have come right from the top. Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the actual Esprit from the Bond movie at auction in 2013,
and said that he intended to turn it into an actual working submarine.
(Though, to be frank, those plans sound more towards the supervillain
end of the scale.) The Easter egg was reportedly confirmed to have been
in place for a year, and is only now being discovered, suggesting that
the Tesla software engineers might make excellent covert agents
themselves.
No report yet on whether the Model S has any other MI6 tricks
squirreled away, such as a smokescreen, a bulletproof shield, or a
"shaken, not stirred" option for its adjustable suspension.
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