As Tesla fans, we sometimes find ourselves having to remember what are all those acronyms people reference in the forums and in social media. Here is a list of the most popular ones which you can find in our issues.
- AP - Autopilot
- AP1 - Autopilot hardware manufactured after late September 2014 and before October 2016
- AP2 - Autopilot hardware manufactured after October 2016 and before August 2017
- AP2.5 - Autopilot hardware manufactured after August 2017 and by Hardware 3
- AP3 - Autopilot hardware manufactured in/after February 2019 for Model S / Model X, and in/after April 2019 for Model 3
- AWD - All-wheel Drive
- BEV - Battery Electric Vehicle
- BLE - Bluetooth Low Energy
- BMS - Battery Management System
- CAV - Clean Air Vehicles
- CCS - Combined Charging System
- CPO - Certified Pre-Owned
- CR - Consumer Reports
- EAP - Enhanced Autopilot
- EBS - Emergency Breaking System
- ECU - Electric Control Unit
- EV - Electric Vehicle
- EVSE - Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
- FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out. A.K.A when we read about new software updates that we’re not getting yet!
- FPS - Frames Per Second
- Frunk - Not exactly an acronym but… Front Trunk :)
- FSD - Full Self-Driving
- Giga 1 - Gigafactory 1 in Nevada
- HW2 - Autopilot Hardware 2
- HW2+ - Autopilot Hardware version 2 and after
- HW2.5 - Autopilot Hardware version 2.5
- HW3 - Autopilot Hardware version 3
- HOV - High-Occupancy Vehicle
- IC - Instrument Cluster, the screen above the steering wheel
- ICE - Internal Combustion Engine. A popular way of referring to gas cars in the Tesla communities
- IR - Infrared Radiation
- kWh - Kilowatt-hour. Unit of energy equal to one kilowatt of power sustained for one hour.
- LR - Long Range
- OA - Owner Advisor
- OTA - Over-the-air
- P3D - Performance Model 3 Dual Motor
- M3 - Model 3
- M3P - Model 3 Performance
- MCU - Media Control Unit (touchscreen)
- MCU 1 - Has an NVIDIA Tegra-3 chip. All Model S and Model X built before the end of March 2018 have this version.
- MCU 2 - Has a more powerful Intel x86_64 processor. All Model 3 have this version as well as the Model S and Model X built after the end of March 2018.
- MIT-AVT - MIT Autonomous Vehicle Technology Study
- MR - Medium Range
- MS - Model S
- MX - Model X
- MY - Model Y
- NN - Neural Network. Is the software in charge of identifying objects around the car
- NoA - Navigate on Autopilot
- PIV - Plug In Vehicle
- PUP - Performance Upgrade Package
- RPH - Range Per Charge (miles)
- RWD - Rear-Wheel Drive
- SC - Service Center
- SR - Standard Range
- SvC - Tesla Service Center
- TACC - Traffic-Aware Cruise Control
- TMC - Tesla Motors Club
- TPMS - Tire Pressure Monitoring System
- V9 - Version 9
- VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
- ZEV - Zero Emition Vehicles
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