[6] Touching the battery icon inside the Tesla mobile app with the vehicle at exactly 121 miles (or 121 km) of range was discovered to launch a Back to the Future Easter egg.
At the same time, a version of (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult used for a Saturday Night Live sketch from 2000 plays in the cabin of the vehicle.
[12][13] While the Tesla vehicle is plugged in, pushing the charge port control button on the charger handle 10 times quickly will activate the Easter egg.
In the controls menu, under the suspension tab, the usual image of the Tesla is replaced by the submarine version of the Lotus Esprit that James Bond drove off a pier into the ocean in the movie The Spy Who Loved Me.
[24][25] Hidden on the "superbottle" is a caricature of a bottle as a superhero with a cape, muscular arms and legs, and a Tesla "T" logo on its front.
A star field will swiftly appear and zoom forward, closely resembling a jump to ludicrous speed from the movie Spaceballs.
In 2018, Elon Musk stated that the Tesla Model X would be able to play a version of Happy Birthday performed by Marilyn Monroe".
[37][35] On November 17, 2018, Joel Paglione made a post to Imgur claiming that if both charge port-like panels are pushed at the same time, which looks like one is awkwardly hugging the back of the car, a second charge port opens up on the right side of the car and a pulsing/beating red heart light is displayed.