Chapter 829

  "In 2000, Honda started to try to upgrade the T-Box (TelematicsBox, telematics processor) through OTA.

  T-Box has a SIM card, which can provide some network services for car owners, such as road rescue, car factory customer service, emergency calls, remote vehicle condition inquiry, remote control of car doors, windows and air-conditioning switches, etc.

  Since then, some car companies have started to provide OTA services for in-vehicle infotainment systems, such as navigation maps, music, and so on. "

  Xia Jingxing talked to Straubel lightly nodded, "These OTA services you mentioned are mainly limited to the car system and some simple component controls, which can all be regarded as software upgrades.

  There is also a firmware upgrade, which deeply changes the car control system, battery management system and performance.

  If the two are integrated together, I call it the whole vehicle OTA.

This vehicle OTA can not only send software upgrades to the on-board communication unit in the vehicle, update the maps and applications and other software in the on-board infotainment system, but also directly transmit software supplements to the relevant electronic control unit ( ECU) to achieve safe and reliable function upgrades. "

  There are often car enthusiasts who brush ECU for car performance. In fact, it is a firmware upgrade to improve power, which can be regarded as a car version of a mobile phone jailbreak.

  One of Tesla’s core competitiveness is the entire vehicle OTA. Because of this magic weapon, Tesla has envied major automakers for a long time.

For users who enjoy the entire vehicle OTA service, after a while, they feel that the car has new features or performance improvements. For example, after the upgrade, the battery life is improved, the acceleration is faster, the braking distance is shorter, and the automatic driving is better. It's accurate...

  All of these service experiences don’t need to go to Tesla’s offline stores to complete, and you can upgrade your car as easily as you upgrade your mobile phone system while staying at home.

  ModelS is also the industry’s first complete vehicle OTA car, leading the industry trend. After this, whether it is traditional cars Toyota, Ford, Volvo, or Wei Xiaoli have begun to actively deploy OTA.

  Almost every press conference of car companies must talk about OTA, otherwise it will give people the feeling that the car is not smart enough...

  After listening to Xia Jingxing's words, not only Straubel, but even Franz was a little dumbfounded.

  Franz used to design traditional cars. He knew the difficulty of realizing OTA for the whole car. He couldn't help but ask: "Daren, you are playing with a car as a mobile phone!"

   "This is a trend!"

  Xia Jingxing began to teach the two people: "When the car was first born, it was all mechanical parts. With the rapid development of electronic technology in recent decades, all walks of life have begun to advocate mechatronics.

  Today's cars are often hundreds of electronic components, and bundles of car circuits control the coordination of multiple units of the car.

I'm telling you some statistics. In 1991, the average cost of electronic products consumed by each car only accounted for 10% of the entire car. In 1998, it was close to 15%. In 2003, it was increased to 20%. Some models are even more expensive. high.

  In the future, cars will become "electronic cars" sooner or later. We will make arrangements as soon as possible to seize the opportunities. "

  Franz nodded, "It sounds great, but it's a bit hard for our R&D and manufacturing department."

  Speaking, Franz also glanced at Straubel. He felt that the CEO was not easy, the main boss was too difficult to serve, and all kinds of whimsical ideas emerged endlessly.

  Straubel was completely speechless. The big boss seemed to think it was too easy for him to receive his salary, and kept adding burdens to him.

  I thought that ModelS should have a central control touch screen, a vehicle OTA, a centralized electronic and electrical architecture, and the smaller the number, the better the electronic control unit...

  Straubel feels that the whole person is not good. If you compare this to a game, he will definitely enter a Hell-level instance.

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: “Tesla wants to lead the development trend, it has to do things that others dare not do.

  I did not ask for a one-step completion, but just proposed a development direction, and everyone can work together in this general direction.

  Why do others buy our Tesla cars? Isn't it because Tesla is more technologically advanced and can bring a brand new driving experience? "

  Franz smiled, "Okay, Darren, I will do my best to cooperate with everyone in this difficult task.

  I also want to see what a ModelS with all the functions you mentioned is like. This must be a stunning work. "

  Straubel also nodded his stance: “Let’s do it, lead the industry development trend, this is a necessary quality for a top car company.”

  Xia Jingxing also knows that he has increased the difficulty of research and development for ModelS, but the hardware technology is like this. There is no shortcut to go, only to climb step by step.

  The three people talked very much. After discussing for several hours in the meeting room, they talked until late at night, before they finally dissipated.

  Leaving the Tesla campus, Xia Jingxing drove back to Palo Alto’s villa.

After getting out of the car, he glanced at his watch and found that it was already 11:50 on December 31, 2006.

  Unconsciously, it will be the new year soon.

  As soon as he stepped into the room, he saw the foreign girl curled asleep on the sofa.

  He walked over slowly and found that the blanket covering the foreign girl had fallen to the floor.

After    approached, he picked up the blanket and covered the foreign girl, and then sat on the sofa next to her.

  After pregnancy, the foreign girl became a lot more rounded. At this time, she seemed to have dreamed of something beautiful, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and she looked a little cute.

  I don’t know how long it took, but the babes' eyelashes quivered slightly, and then opened her eyes.

  She saw Xia Jingxing sitting aside dozing off, smiled slyly, and deliberately kicked him, "When did you come back? Why didn't you wake me up?"

  Xia Jingxing's thigh was kicked, and the whole person was awake at once, and he was about to make a haha, who would have yawned, "I just came back, discussing the new Tesla car with them today, and it will be dark if I don't pay attention."

  The foreign girl sat up and looked straight at Xia Jingxing, "Are you sure? How do I feel that you have been back for a while."

   "Then you must feel wrong." Xia Jingxing shook his head.

  The foreign girl gave Xia Jingxing a glance and did not try to reveal it. She knew what was going on in her heart. If she remained awake, he might be able to sit on the sofa until dawn.

   "Oh, sorry, I forgot to spend New Year's Eve with you. Where do you want to go tomorrow? I will accompany you."

   Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing felt a little ashamed. He often has no concept of time when he is busy with work, forgetting that there is a big belly at home who needs to accompany him.

   "I don't want to go anywhere, I will go to work with you tomorrow, remember not to go home." The foreign girl stretched her waist.

   "Are you angry?" Xia Jingxing approached the foreign girl and asked with a smile.

   "Yes!" Yang Niu deliberately put her face away.

   "Tolerance is a virtue, Queen, you must always give a chance to make up for it."

  Xia Jingxing knew that the pregnant woman had a bad temper, and that she was in a bad mood, so she had to follow the foreign girl a little bit.

   "I told you not to go home tomorrow." The foreign girl rolled her eyes.

   "Why?" Xia Jingxing realized that the foreign girl didn't seem to be joking.

  The foreign girl looked at Xia Jingxing’s eyes and said every word: “Because...tomorrow...my parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, all the family will come to see me.”

   "Come here when you come. They are all a family. What am I afraid of? Do I have to go out and hide for a day?" Xia Jingxing said with a smile.

   "My dad also brought a gun. He said he wants to have a good chat with you."

  Seeing the foreign girl's expression is extremely serious, Xia Jingxing's smile gradually reduced, "What does the old man mean? They...get it?"

  The foreign girl nodded gently.

  Xia Jingxing suddenly feels tricky, why is he a little afraid to face the babes’ family?

   Seeing Xia Jingxing's helpless look, the foreign girl chuckled.

  "Are you so scared? My dad said it was so good, he has never shot anyone to death."

  Xia Jingxing is speechless, co-authoring a murder is considered a threat?

  However, he is not afraid that Walsh will kill him with the gun. What he is worried about is that he will not be able to give the foreign girl's family an explanation. The scene may be more embarrassing when the time comes, and the foreign girl will also face criticism and pressure from the family.

   "Hey, Christina, otherwise..."

  The foreign girl waved her hand and stopped, smiling and saying: "I lied to you, they actually don't know anything, but they haven't seen us for a long time, so they plan to come and visit us.

  Don't go out and hide tomorrow, pay attention to cooperate with me, don't show your stuff. "

  Xia Jingxing glanced at the babble's slightly bulging belly, frowned and said, "Is this big, can I lie to it?"

  The foreign girl looked down at her belly, smiled and said, "I just wear thicker ones. It shouldn't be a big problem."

  Xia Jingxing took the foreign girl's hand, with a thousand words in her heart, and finally turned into a sentence: "I made you wronged."

   "I didn't feel wronged, on the contrary I felt I was very happy."

The foreign girl’s big eyes are smart and energetic. She and Xia Jingxing looked at each other, with a bright smile on their faces: "Everyone has a different definition of happiness. In my opinion, you appear in my life and I have it. Love, career, wealth, and fame are all things that most people cannot achieve in their entire lives. This is happiness.

  People can't be too greedy, want everything, everything must reach the ultimate perfection. "

  Xia Jingxing was silent. From the insistence on having children, it can be seen that the foreign girl is a woman who dares to love and hate, and she resolutely disagrees with the marriage. It can also be seen that she is a very sensible woman.

  If it is not due to nationality and top capitalist status, or if the two of them are willing to take a step back, they should be able to live a more relaxed life.

   But as the babes said, people can't be too greedy, want everything, and achieve the ultimate perfection in everything. If you gain, you must lose.

   "Hold on for a few more years. In a few years, I will definitely give you and your child an explanation." Xia Jingxing put the foreign girl in his arms and said softly.

  The foreign girl's eyes lit up, and then she smiled and said, "What are you worried about, we are all in our twenties, and a few years later, we will only be 30 years old. Life is still very long."

  The corners of Xia Jingxing’s mouth rose slightly, and he knew that when a woman said no, she actually wanted it.

   "Oh, after my parents are here, you have to find a way to make them owe you the favor."

  The foreign girl raised her head to look at Xia Jingxing, and said persuasively: "And the more you owe the favor, the better, they are embarrassed to trouble you again."

  Xia Jingxing knows what a foreign girl is doing, and can be called a cheating little expert. He smiled and said, "Well, well, it’s all up to you."

  The foreign girl stood up and said, "Then let's hurry up and rehearse now, and don't show your feet tomorrow."

   "Go to bed, what time is this." Xia Jingxing looked helpless.

   "No, it's too late, I have to rehearse now." The foreign girl was very determined.

  Xia Jingxing sighed, resisted his sleepiness, and started planning with the foreign girl how to routine her parents tomorrow.

  (End of this chapter)