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

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-got-your-smartphone-in-my-ev dept.

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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  1. Value by istartedi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it's expensive, but at least you get what you pay for.

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    1. Re:Value by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's what I was thinking. Sure beats some manufacturers, whose idea of a "premium" vehicle is a base model with nicer trim and a few extra parts.

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  2. (some) cars are gadgets now by Thud457 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's gonna look like you're driving around with an 8-track in there in ten years.
    Oh, wait, people aren't supposed to keep cars that long any more.

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    1. Re:(some) cars are gadgets now by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ..with 1,000 more components than any it has previously analyzed.

      Is that good? That's 1000 more things that could fail.

  3. Re:Um, how is this news? by zlives · · Score: 3, Insightful

    because there hasn't been a Tesla Advertisement (news) within the last 24 hours.
    also bitcoin