Recently, Tesla official issued a statement saying that starting from October, the Model 3 and Model Y delivered in Europe, North America and the Middle East will cancel ultrasonic radar sensors, and will then cancel ultrasonic radar sensors of Model 3 and Model Y on a global scale.
By 2023, the more expensive Model S and Model X will no longer be equipped with ultrasonic radar sensors. This is also the fact that Tesla completely abandons ultrasonic radar after abandoning mm wave radar in May 2021.
This also means that Tesla's entire vehicle no longer uses radar, and the assisted driving and parking functions of the vehicle are completely dependent on the 8 cameras on the vehicle.
On October 13, it was reported that according to the cost analysis of Munro Live's Mike Lane, Tesla has estimated that each car can save $114 (about RMB 817) by removing the ultrasonic sensor , .
analysis said that Tesla installed 12 USS on each of its cars, with an estimated cost of US$8 each, totaling US$96. The parts and installation fees for Tesla's Jezza brackets are estimated to be $0.15 each, totaling $1.8. Its frieze wire sensor harness is estimated to be $2.20 per piece, and two are $4.40 a total.
Tesla uses two wiring connectors under the hood, each with an estimated cost of $0.40, totaling $0.80. Tesla also uses wires and connectors for the dashboard and body harness, with an estimated cost of $0.5 each, totaling $1.
Tesla also uses two integrated circuits, with an estimated cost of $5 each. Overall, the total cost of these parts per vehicle is $114.
Previously, regarding Tesla's cancellation of radar , Musk responded that autonomous vehicles should drive cars with the same feeling as human drivers, and people rely on their eyes and intelligence to drive cars, and autonomous vehicles should also do so.
At the same time, Musk also explained, "Pure vision, especially when using explicit photon computing, is much better than the combination of radar and vision, because the latter has too many uncertainties - when radar and visual perception are inconsistent, it is not clear which one to believe."
Musk still insists that Tesla's pure vision solution is reliable, but some Tesla engineers obviously disagree with Musk. They believe that the perfect autonomous driving system should contain millimeter wave radar, lidar and other perception technologies, and cannot rely solely on one of them.
