Ambient Air Quality Monitor

Now Implemented!

Description

Monitor the outside air quality for any unhealthy air.

Competitive/Pricing/Notes

Use the measured data to:

1. Warn through voice if the level measured is above a certain setting while driving.

2. Warn through voice when stopping the car if the measured level is above a certain setting.

3. Automatically enable air filter function (e.g. Biodefence Mode) when judged necessary.

4. Automatically report measured data to cloud services for live detailed dynamic street-level monitoring of areas far superior to current air quality measurements.

This is a particularly attractive feature for markets like China and others where especially urban conditions of air quality can reach concerning levels.

A range of different air quality metrics can be monitored and the tradeoff between cost, precision, and substances/particle sizes have to be evaluated.

Moderator: Some sensors can relatively cheap to detect one specific pollution component like CO2. To provide a broadband measurement, systems can cost tens of thousands of dollars to perform reliable air quality analysis. These products may also require frequent calibration and/or sensor replacement as the devices get contaminated by the particles and gases they are measuring.

Status

An air quality sensor is implemented in the mid-2021 Model S and X.