In March, the achievement of 10 160 vehicles pushed the domestic Model 3 to a climax, but I didn't expect the launch of Tesla's backhand one-wavelength endurance model, which made those car owners who thought about "buying early and enjoying early" become "buying early and being a leek early", which caused many old car owners' dissatisfaction.
Several consecutive price cuts and the launch of long-distance vehicles made many wait-and-see "waiting parties" decide to wait, so in April, Tesla's sales plummeted by 64%, leaving only 3,635 vehicles-of course, this sales volume still made many new car-making forces jealous. However, it is undeniable that this series of "leek-cutting" operations have made Tesla's "personal design" in China almost collapse.
As a result, another thing happened in these two days, and Tesla was once again pushed to the forefront.
Collective application downtime
On the evening of May 13, the domestic Tesla APP went down collectively. Many domestic car owners said that the mobile phone could not be connected to the car, and the buttons of the mobile phone failed, which indirectly led to the inability to obtain vehicle information and to light up the dashboard and central control screen in the car.
This means that many car owners, if they need the car urgently that night, can't know the speed information when driving, and the speed depends entirely on their feelings, which is almost "blind driving".
Many car owners said, "Tesla is to let us test back and forth on the edge of morality and law."
In this regard, I remember that when Model 3 was first made in China, many friends urged me to get one to play with. After repeated consideration, I still have no impulse to spend. Tesla smells really good, but after seeing the interior of Model 3, I gave up the plan.
At that time, my point of view was also very simple. "The dashboard and the central control panel are integrated. If the central control panel is out of power, isn't it blind? " At that time, a friend laughed at me for being so conservative as a car media person. In fact, I just feel that after driving for so many years, I am used to looking at the dashboard, not used to HUD display, and not used to integrating it into the central control panel.
Unexpectedly, Tesla owners in China really enjoyed a "blind driving" experience. Of course, I don't mean to gloat, just want to express that cars are mechanical after all, not technological products such as mobile phones and computers, and sometimes they are in danger of failure if they are too smart.
Don't blindly pursue "sense of science and technology"
Why is the rescue capsule of the plane still manually set by the manipulator? Would you rather let the flight attendant patiently introduce the correct way to open the escape door to the passengers sitting in the rescue capsule every time you board the plane, than set the escape door as an intelligent electronic device, because airlines are unwilling to spend this money? Or does the manufacturer not have this technology?
The answer is clear to everyone, because the failure rate of machinery is much lower than that of electronic equipment. Therefore, I have always adhered to the view of "don't blindly pursue the sense of technology" when using the car. Because when the danger really comes, at least I can control the machinery to decide my own life and death, instead of directly giving life and death to the computer that may be "down" before me.
Of course, it is necessary to configure some technical intelligence to assist driving, such as active brake assistance and 360 image assistance. , are very practical functions.
But I think all these functions have one thing in common-assisting the driver to complete the operation when the driver can't handle or has no time to handle some unexpected situations. Instead of throwing all the functions to the computer, or even giving the driving right to the computer.
Don't worry too much.
Of course, for the occurrence of this incident, many conspiracy theories quickly fermented on the Internet. The rumor is probably similar to the conspiracy theory that the car became a hacker weapon in The Fast and the Furious, or that the mobile phone became a sonic weapon in King Kong.
It is true that the development of science and technology makes us have to give computers and manufacturers more permissions, just like a double-edged sword-the more permissions we give, the better the experience, but the more privacy we reveal at the same time, the greater the security risks.
But there is no need to worry too much. Some hackers can achieve such achievements, are not afraid of legal sanctions, and will not come to us ordinary people for leisure. Isn't it sweet for people to work directly in the bank's network system?
Just like when Android phones first entered China, downloading software always required my permission. At first, I simply said "no" and the experience was terrible. Later, I learned that collecting my phone number and name at most is no longer a "secret" in this era.
You study, buy a house, get a fitness card ... as long as you don't derail from society, these things can't be hidden in the information age. Later, as long as it is a serious app, it is directly authorized, saving trouble in the future.
The collective downtime of Tesla APP is actually a reason. The official response to this is that due to the failure of the system server, the mobile APP cannot directly control the vehicle. In the face of this crisis, Tesla reminded car owners that if they need emergency contact, they can temporarily set their mobile phones to May 1 1. At the same time, the inability to connect to the network does not affect the Bluetooth key. The next time you can't connect, don't rush to log off.
In fact, my understanding of this incident is very simple, that is, the common OTA system is exhausted. Usually, when upgrading and updating, I feel that OTA function is very good and powerful, but after all, it is related to network computers, and exhaust is only a matter of frequency.
That night, some car owners also inquired about the expiration of the Tesla server domain name certificate through the relevant system. Presumably, certificate expiration may cause such problems.
Therefore, I don't think there is anything wrong with Tesla's "accident", but I also hope that you don't have to over-interpret this Tesla APP downtime.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.