Yes, a recent report revealed that Model Y and Model 3 produced by Tesla China eliminated the redundancy of steering components.
And the reduction will also affect Tesla's automatic driving function.
Tesla's argument is that it will affect L3' s autonomous driving ability, and we only have L2 now.
Huh? This is not what Musk advertised.
In the past 202 1 year, Tesla delivered nearly 1 10,000 vehicles every year, an increase of 87.4%.
It is really convincing to maintain strong growth in the case of increasing core shortage.
But recently Tesla was exposed. In order to cope with the lack of core and ensure production delivery, Tesla actually secretly reduced the distribution with users.
But also reduces the steering system closely related to vehicle control.
According to the latest report of American Consumer News and Business Channel, Tesla has reduced some models in order to cope with the shortage of chips.
The steering system involving Tesla was reduced, and one of the two components of the bogie control unit was removed.
According to the internal memo of Tesla employees, the subtracted steering components are mainly used to fill the position when the main chip fails, which belongs to redundant design.
Tesla engineers believe that redundant chips are redundant for Tesla's current intelligent driving.
Because the components of the bogie control unit are redundant, it will only play a role when the vehicle turns on the automatic driving function above L3 level.
However, Tesla said that according to SAE standards, Tesla's autonomous driving systems, including FSD and Autopilot, still belong to L2 level.
Therefore, removing redundant chips will not cause security problems.
It is reported that the reduced models include the current main models of Tesla: Model 3 and Model Y, both produced by Tesla China factory.
At present, the vehicles participating in the reduction of distribution have been transported to overseas markets, including Australia, Britain and parts of Europe.
As for whether the reduced allocation is also sold in the domestic market, it is still unknown.
At the same time, Tesla did not disclose the reduction to the outside world, and it is not known whether it will be refilled in the future. After all, according to Musk, FSD belongs to L5 autopilot. Once the FSD can be pushed, can the reduced models be applied now?
Moreover, we must know that Tesla's AutoPilot and FSD are not factory standard and can be purchased later-reducing related components now will bring new problems.
This operation of secretly reducing distribution is not the first time for Tesla.
In June last year, 5438+065438+ 10, a new car owner broke the news. Tesla reduced the USB interface of some models, only prepared the interface location for future replenishment, and also reduced the wireless charging configuration of mobile phones.
Tesla did not explain in advance before the reduction. Only after it was exposed did it respond that some models were reduced in price because of lack of cores. Tesla said he was not sure when it would be added.
Previously, foreign media revealed that some car owners reported that Tesla secretly canceled the adjustment function of the lumbar support of the co-driver, and the place where the original lumbar support adjustment button was located became a filler.
Musk's response to this is quite meaningful: because the new car log shows that you don't use it, so cancel it. ...
As soon as the response came out, the owner immediately jumped out and said, it's my business to use it or not, but I spent money and you have to match it for me.
In addition to reducing distribution, Tesla has made other efforts to deal with the shortage of chips.
According to public information, Tesla considered acquiring a chip factory last year and prepared to produce and sell it.
In addition to open source, we must cut expenditure.
Tesla revealed in the shareholders' meeting in the second quarter of 20021that its electrical engineering team is developing new controller variants to reduce the use of chips.
At the same time, Tesla also carries out peak-shifting reserves and holds a large number of chips to avoid stopping production or reducing production when the supply chain is in short supply.
In fact, the shortage of chips has continued since 2020, and Tesla is not the only car company affected.
Under this circumstance, in addition to the helplessness of reducing production and stopping production, major auto companies have quietly reduced their allocation or delivery of futures, which has become a tacit practice in the industry.
Tesla secretly did subtraction, and the new domestic forces chose to pay the car first and then make up.
Take Xpeng Motors as an example. Last year, Tucki P5 was unable to assemble enough millimeter-wave radars due to the lack of cores, which led to the delay in delivery. To this end, Tucki came up with a two-choice 1 scheme:
Either wait for the delivery, Xpeng will not make compensation.
Either pick up the car first and modify the millimeter wave radar later, but before the modification, there will be many driving assistance functions that cannot be used.
At the same time, in order to show sincerity, Tucki also promised to push the XPILOT 3.0/3.5 intelligent driving system for free-according to the official price, it needs to increase the price by 36,000 yuan.
Li ONE, originally scheduled to be delivered in June last year 10 and June last year 1 10, had to postpone the delivery because of the shortage of millimeter-wave radar chips.
Only three radars are installed in the vehicles delivered on time, and the rest radars will be replenished free of charge before the Spring Festival.
Moreover, it also introduces the compensation benefits: the lifetime warranty of the whole vehicle, and the value is about 10000 yuan 1000 points.
Different from the new forces, although traditional car companies will also reduce delivery, most of them do not involve intelligent driving and vehicle control, and make price reduction compensation.
For example, in April and June last year 165438+ 10, GM cancelled the fuel management module of its pickup truck model and reduced the seat heating function of many other models.
Mercedes-Benz also disclosed in June last year, 5438+ 10, and no longer guaranteed that the new car would provide full-system configuration.
In addition, BMW, Peugeot and other car companies have also been lowered to varying degrees.
The difference is that the above-mentioned car companies, whether it is the delivery of reduction or futures delivery, all explain in advance and come up with compensation measures.
It is really rare for Tesla to be so arrogant, not to cut prices and not to know the owner in advance.
Tesla, an online celebrity, never lacks topicality.
Once the component reduction was exposed, it caused a heated discussion on the Internet.
Some netizens said that Tesla's price reduction is understandable, after all, it does not affect safety.
For example, this:
This one:
Some netizens sneered at Tesla's practice. After all, the owner didn't know. Once there is a security problem, Tesla is hard to blame.
However, I just want to ridicule here, Musk, what do you mean by fully automatic driving? The allocation is reduced. Why is there only L2?
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