After the exposure of anonymous hackers and researchers @greentheony, foreign media Jalopnik quickly reported a new discovery - the new Tesla electric car has introduced a novel feature designed to prevent people from messing with seat settings. Specifically, if the in-vehicle system detects an over-the-top change, the relevant function will be temporarily blocked.
Recently, Tesla has begun to install new seat motors on some Model 3/Y vehicles, as well as domestic manufacturers and in-house manufactured seats.
The new motor is said to come from the 110-year-old Brose, Germany, which supplies a large number of components for the automotive industry.
Brose's companion system pops up a warning when random adjustment is detected. If the user continues to ignore it, the feature will eventually be disabled.
In addition to the known number of times to track seat movements back and forth (rather than lumbar support), there may be more elaborate algorithms through OTA updates.
At first glance, this statement may sound strange and annoying, but it is still somewhat helpful for the actual user experience.
For example, only after more than 90 seconds in 5 minutes does it first pop up the warning "Seat rail motor detected to be overused".
If the user decides to ignore and continue to abuse the trimming device for 30 seconds, the on-board system will be completely disabled and further warned of "overuse".
Although adults are unlikely to be bored enough to want to get the power to the top for a long time (there is a risk of damage), for parents, this function can still protect many bear children.
@greentheonly revealed on Twitter that they discovered the new feature when they scanned Tesla's latest system firmware version.
By comparing them to older versions, they were able to estimate what features were coming soon. As for the reasons for adding new seat control protections, they also put forward two views.
(1) Historical experience tells manufacturers that many motor failures are related to this.
(2) The quality of the newly replaced motor may be poor, and it is simply necessary to use the new version of the firmware to prevent problems.