December 15 news, foreign media Drive Tesla Canada reported that in Tesla's new 2021.44.5 software update, Tesla has brought a new feature that can show tire wear, and also detect whether the tread depth is too low, and whether the tire wear is uneven.
A screenshot from Drive Tesla Canada shows that the driver reminds the rear wheel that the tire depth is too low, and advises the driver to arrange a tire inspection or adjust the tire.
At present, Tesla has not announced the principle of achieving this function, according to Drive Tesla Canada, there is a simple way to determine whether the tread of the tire is too low. When the tread of one tire is too low, the entire tire is worn out even less. Therefore, compared to the new tire intact, it will rotate faster, and Tesla can judge the wear of the tire by the number of rotations. Based on a similar principle, it can also detect that the wear of the tire is uneven.
This is the benefit of electrification and intelligence of the car. In the past, the car was mainly a mechanical structure, and intelligence was only a relatively primary level, and there was no special component to record the number of rotations of the wheel, and it was impossible to get relevant data to detect the degree of tire wear. If it is really through the number of rotations to achieve this function, it is not difficult, and more and more manufacturers will follow up on this function.
Tesla has been working in the field of electric vehicles for many years, many concepts have long-term planning, many hardware functions are also installed in the car first, and then upgraded through OTA when the software matures, which also brings many surprises to consumers.
Previously, in a third-party test, the acceleration performance of Tesla Model S was lost to Porsche's Taycan, Tesla immediately unlocked part of the performance through OTA upgrades, and the peak power of the motor increased a lot in an instant, which was unimaginable in the previous era of fuel vehicles.
Electric vehicles will later become computers with four wheels, paying attention to hardware parameters while also paying attention to all aspects of experience. Some people have criticized domestic mobile phones for so many years, only a domestic cost performance. Although this criticism is somewhat biased, it still tells some facts. When designing products, domestic car companies can not only pay attention to hardware, but also pay attention to the experience of various small details, so as to make products more competitive.