Tesla Teardown Reveals Driver-facing Electronics Built By iPhone 6 Suppliers

Lucas123 writes: The Tesla Model S gets attention because it's an EV that can go from from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 4.2 seconds and can travel 265 miles on a single charge. But, a teardown of the vehicle by IHS Technology has also revealed that Elon Musk avoided third-party design and build routes used traditionally by auto makers and spared no expense on the instrument cluster and infotainment (head unit) system, which is powered by two 1.4Ghz, quad-core NVIDIA Tegra processors. IHS called the Tesla's head unit the most sophisticated it's ever seen, with 1,000 more components than any it has previously analyzed. A bill of materials for the virtual instrument cluster and the premium media control unit is also roughly twice the cost of the highest-end infotainment unit examined by IHS.

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Re:(some) cars are gadgets now

[ShanghaiBill]

Oh, wait, people aren't supposed to keep cars that long any more.

Cars don't last like they used to. I have seen several 100 year old Ford Model-Ts. I have never seen a 100 year old Tesla.

Re:(some) cars are gadgets now

[ArcadeMan]

You can see a 100 year old Tesla if you're prepared to do some grave digging.

Re:What does this have to do with Apple/iPhone???

[itzly]

You mean: But the bigger question is, will a Tesla bend?

Nothing says luxury...

[Overzeetop]

Nothing says luxury like simulated wood grain accents.