All Model Y and Model 3 with pixel matrix headlights to get Tesla’s Adaptive High Beam mode

Tesla’s Homologation Department at Fremont which is in charge of presenting specs and functionality upgrades for approval to the European Union’s regulatory bodies has good news for older Model Y and Model 3 owners.

In its recent European Type Certificate submissions, Tesla mentions “introduction of adaptive high beam” as an imminent upgrade for both the Model Y and for older Model 3 units.

Such a mention was previously unearthed for the Model 3 Highland facelift from the same regulatory database and it just got its Adaptive High Beam mode. Given that the Highland’s adaptive headlights approval was logged on November 3, and the one for the Model Y carries the date January 3, the actual Tesla software update version that will unlock them on the Y could arrive later this month.

It is not clear if or when the Adaptive High Beam mode will arrive to Tesla’s US models, but that probably depends on regulatory approvals which Europe has apparently already granted since it has way longer experience with matrix headlights on vehicles from local manufacturers. Otherwise, all Tesla vehicles with the PixCell-styled matrix headlights that can display the Tesla logo are prime candidates for the adaptive high beams function.

This includes Model 3 units since the first refresh, as well as recent Model Y and Model S/X vehicles. Tesla just released the Model 3 Highland in the US, too, so it may first unlock the adaptive headlights mode on the facelift and then move to its Model Y bestseller in time for its own Juniper refresh in the summer.

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