Some MIC cars without steering redundant control unit

[Irata]

Tesla cut steering component from some cars to deal with chip shortage - CNBC

Tesla Inc decided to remove one of the two electronic control units included in the steering racks of some made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y cars to meet fourth-quarter sales goals while coping with global chip shortage, CNBC reported on Monday.

www.reuters.com

Interesting if this does impact those cars ever supporting L3 autonomous driving, despite any FSD software purchase..

Cars supplied to the UK are specifically mentioned.

The details of this are very scarce and it's suggested the original source was from a whistleblower within Tesla.

Treat it with some healthy scepticism, until seen for real.

 

[MrBadger]

This is getting a bit endemic. I understand that Tesla are now thinking of supplying some cars without a roof... That's taking cost cutting to the extreme and I bet the car will not be any cheaper for it.

They will not be painting the cars next.

 

[nxsynjs]

To be fair, unless we get legislation changes and Tesla sort out dealing with narrow country lanes no one is getting level 3 auto driving.

 

[pgkevet]

This is getting a bit endemic. I understand that Tesla are now thinking of supplying some cars without a roof... That's taking cost cutting to the extreme and I bet the car will not be any cheaper for it.

They will not be painting the cars next.

..when did they start..
It's all cost cutting - throw away the radar, half a steering wheel....

 

[NISFAN]

Did you guys read the article? It’s due to the chip shortage and the fact that the module in question is not used.

All auto makers are cutting some options out due to chip shortage.

 

[Irata]

Did you guys read the article? It’s due to the chip shortage and the fact that the module in question is not used.

It's only not used because it's the redundant backup. Redundant backups are usually not used.

The issue is... A requirement for L3 is redundancy. So these cars, as things stand, can never support L3 yet I am sure Tesla will still sell you FSD - that feels wrong.

 

[Chanser]

By the time L3 arrives here, you'll already have a different or newer car.

 

[Irata]

By the time L3 arrives here, you'll already have a different or newer car.

That's the owners decision.

Not sure that's a good excuse for Tesla to use, even if it is true.

 

[Roy B]

One might hope that there will be a retrofit available if/when the software is ever actually capable of full autonomy