Not yet tested
Light the way when you get home after dark
Arrive home when it is dark and the headlights stay on briefly after you get out.
WHEN
Home or Work — Arrived at Home
AND IF
- Outside Brightness — Outside is dark
THEN
- Headlights After Exit — On
Why it’s useful
Lights your walk to the door without you remembering the setting.
How to set it up
- Open AutomationsWith the car in Park, open the App Launcher on the touchscreen and tap Automations.
- Create a new automationTap “Create an automation”.
- Set the trigger: Home or WorkUnder Trigger, open Location and pick Home or Work. Set it to: Arrived at Home.
- Add condition: Outside BrightnessTap Add condition, open Environment, pick Outside Brightness and set: Outside is dark.
- Action 1: Headlights After ExitTap Add action, open Lights, pick Headlights After Exit and set: On.
- Name and saveName it “Path Light”, save, and make sure its card is switched on.
- Test itTrigger it once while parked with the screen on, and check each action happened.
Menu names come from the English strings found in current firmware and may change slightly at launch. There is no way to import automations, so you build each one on the touchscreen. Full walkthrough
Limits to know
- Automations only run while the center screen is on, and never while Autopilot or FSD is engaged.