On December 24, Tesla held a T-talk offline sharing seminar with the theme of "Tesla's 'five-star' safety" at the Tesla Zibo Authorized Sheet Metal Spray Center. Tesla lecturers explained in depth how Tesla implements its dedication to safety and quality, provides users with a full range of safety protection, and also brings practical winter car knowledge, as well as the explanation of Tesla's charging network system, helping them better enjoy the warm travel and speed replenishment experience created by intelligent technology.
Active and passive safety | is the ultimate protection of safety
Tesla has very strict high standards in safety design, and in the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test, Tesla's entire range of models received a five-star crash safety rating. Among them, Model 3 not only received NHTSA all five-star safety rating, ENCAP full five-star rating, but also won the IIHS SAFETY PICK+ top safety award. In the U.S. government's New Car Evaluation Program, the Model 3 vehicle has a lower probability of injury than any vehicle it tests.
The rigidity and structure of the body is an important criterion for measuring passive safety. At the T-talk scene, Tesla and the guests had an in-depth discussion on the Model 3 white body. Model 3 body adopts steel and aluminum hybrid material body frame, H-shaped collision avoidance structure and laser welding, resistance welding, riveting, gluing and other advanced connection processes, which can effectively reduce the risk of vehicle deformation in vehicle collision accidents while improving the strength of the body. Tesla has also reinforced the anti-collision parts such as A-pillar and B-pillar, which can effectively reduce the deformation of the door frame during the bias collision.
Model 3 body-in-white
Electric vehicles should also pay attention to the protection of batteries. On the one hand, the two longitudinal beams in the Model 3 battery pack replace the traditional longitudinal beams, and use the 1700Mpa left and right through roller pressure beams to ensure the effective transmission of the crash force, better protect the passengers and batteries in the car from being squeezed, and improve battery safety.
Model 3 beam (martensitic steel)
Tesla vehicles also actively guard user travel through intelligent empowerment. Data from Tesla's "Vehicle Safety Report for the First Quarter of 2021" shows that there will be an average of one traffic accident per 6.74 million kilometers of driving distance during driving with the participation of Autopilot automatic drivers. According to NHTSA data in the United States, on average, there is one traffic safety accident in the united states every 780,000 kilometers of road traffic. Tesla Autopilot auto assisted driving allows driving safety levels to reach 8.66 times the national average.
Tesla's ultra-high safety in terms of active safety is mainly reflected in Autopilot automatic assisted driving. At present, all Tesla models are equipped with Autopilot automatic assisted driving as standard, which is based on computer vision, with advanced sensors and cameras throughout the body, which can predict risks, predict in advance, implement decisions such as steering, acceleration and braking, and help users simplify driving and avoid accidents as much as possible.
With the continuous evolution and improvement of autonomous driving functions, Tesla vehicles can continue to be upgraded through OTA over-the-air software updates. In the future, the upgraded vehicle will be able to achieve fully autonomous driving in almost all cases, providing users with a smarter and safer travel experience.
Data security | protect the privacy of each user
In September this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at the Wuzhen World Internet Conference: "Data security is the key to the success of intelligent connected cars, which is not only closely related to the interests of individuals, but also to the interests of society as a whole." Tesla is pleased to see the introduction of relevant laws and regulations to strengthen data management. ”
Tesla adopts the principle of "legal compliance, minimum necessity, openness and transparency" for the owner's personal information and vehicle data, which has become the most rigorous data collection method recognized in the field of intelligent vehicles. At present, Tesla has established a data center in China, and all the data generated by all Chinese businesses, including production data, sales data, service data and charging data, are completely stored in China, and at the same time, storage security is ensured through data encryption, authentication, access control and other technical means.
Improving the governance of the digital environment, promoting the construction of a community of common destiny in cyberspace, and jointly building a digital future with shared benefits and shared responsibilities have become more and more corporate responsibilities. As Musk puts it: "I think data protection is not just a company thing, it should be done by the whole industry working together." We are working with regulators to find the best solution for data security. ”
Winter car | open the winter "warm mode"
At this T-talk event, Tesla instructors explained in detail how Tesla vehicles break through the game with technology and bring users a winter car experience that surpasses fuel vehicles.
Tesla uses the "cold artifact" heat pump technology to make every bit of heat valuable. Tesla heat pump system on the basis of the traditional heat pump operating principle, after clever design, can make full use of the outside natural energy (air), motor and battery waste heat for heating, high efficiency.
Tesla heat pump technology
Thanks to this, Tesla vehicles can quickly heat up in cold weather, improve winter cabin comfort and range, and reduce charging time. At the same time, because the heat pump air conditioner of Tesla vehicles is included in the vehicle warranty, no additional maintenance is required, which can help the owner save a lot of maintenance costs.
Tesla instructors also brought a lot of winter car tips, such as checking tire pressure, replacing winter glass water, using the "route planning" function to preheat the battery in advance to increase charging speed, choosing a comfortable acceleration mode to prevent speed increases, etc., to help car owners better and safer and comfortable "winter".
Worry-free charging| charging network boosts confidence in winter travel
As a pioneer in the field of new energy vehicles, Tesla continues to make charging scenarios more diversified to meet the growing demand of users for energy replenishment. Since 2014, Tesla has begun to create a complete charging solution for users across the country that is "mainly home charging piles and super charging piles, supplemented by destination charging piles, supplemented by third-party charging piles and universal mobile chargers".
In 2016, before the large-scale laying of state grid and third-party charging piles, Tesla began to adopt the principle of simultaneous layout of urban stations and long-distance stations, and laid out super charging stations in popular shopping malls, restaurants or places close to highway entrances according to the frequency of user demand, so that users can replenish energy at any time, which greatly boosts users' confidence in electric travel. Tesla also provides users with "always on" charging related services, adheres to the 24-hour exclusive and open charging spaces, and is committed to achieving no congestion at urban stations and long-distance networks that are close to full coverage of highways and first-class highways nationwide.
Since the completion of Tesla's first supercharger station in Shandong Province in Qingdao in 2014, Tesla has built 39 superchargering stations and 278 superchargering piles in Shandong, covering 16 prefecture-level cities in Shandong Province, and officially completed the full coverage of supercharger stations in Shandong Province in September 2021. For more than 7 years, Tesla's charging network in Shandong has provided more than 50,000 charging services for car owners, with a charging mileage of nearly 10 million kilometers.
Tesla has always reflected the design concept of "safety first" in each Tesla model, and comprehensively protects the travel safety of car owners. Tesla held A T-talk activities on safety, winter use and charging in Zibo, demonstrating the importance it attaches to the user's travel experience. It is believed that with the efforts of Tesla, Tesla owners will continue to enjoy a safe and intelligent driving experience and enjoy a warmer winter travel life.