Tesla omitted one of two electronic control units in the cars’ electrical power assisted steering systems. Tens of thousands of cars are affected, sources say.
it was building some of its 2021 light-duty pickup trucks without a fuel management module, a move that hurt those trucks' fuel economy. It blamed the chip shortage for the move.Tesla currently offers several levels of driver assistance functionality in its cars. A basic version, dubbed Autopilot, comes with every car. Drivers can also buy a more advanced version, called Full Self-Driving, or FSD, for $12,000 or $199 a month .
Ultimately, they decided the tweak did not rise to the level of customer notification -- at least until Tesla is ready to launch"level 3," or hands-free driver assistance features. Generally, Tesla relies on service technicians to install missing parts or to repair or replace broken parts, before a car is delivered to a customer, making service a kind of extended arm of Tesla manufacturing.
"If something like a chip or an ECU is not providing additional functionality, if it is truly redundant, you may be able to turn it off or leave it out. With chips and software, there's a little bit of wiggle room. I can reassign stuff here and there," he said.
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