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New Tesla Model Y 2025 Juniper - How to play music from USB stick

The only way I got this working (2 hours!) is to create two partitions on a USB stick. I used the USB stick in the glove box that was delivered with the car.

Be careful, this guide deletes all your data on the stick! Back it up first!

Ubuntu:

  • Open GParted
  • Top right: select the disk (USB-Stick) BE CAREFUL NOT TO SELECT YOUR HARDDRIVE!!!
  • Menu -> Device -> Create partion table "MSDOS"
  • Menu -> Partition -> New
    • This is gonna be the TeslaCam partition. Select as much space as you want. I choose half of the available space.
    • Filesystem: exfat
    • Name: TESLADRIVE
  • Menu -> Partition -> New
    • This is gonna be your music partition. Select the remaining space.
    • Filesystem: exfat
    • Name: TeslaMedia
  • Now check if you did everything right, then press the green checkmark in the toolbar to actually format the stick
  • Unplug and re-plug the stick, file explorer should open and you should see two partitions.
  • On the TESLADRIVE partition create a folder "TeslaCam" (not sure if this is necessary)
  • Copy your music folders directly onto partition TeslaMedia
  • Plug the stick back into you car
  • Go to music sources and select "USB" (should now show up) or say "Play USB"

Windows:

I haven't tested this myself, but according to the post below you do it in a similar way but use the build in disk management tool by windows.

 

Reference: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/new-model-y-usb-for-music.342764/