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I’m willing to bet the LCD screens and fancy hardware are a small part of the vehicle cost, esp. when compared to the batteries. All software is expensive up f
by primrose 6y ago
I’m willing to bet the LCD screens and fancy hardware are a small part of the vehicle cost, esp. when compared to the batteries.
All software is expensive up front but near zero cost to deploy to each additional car.
At some number of cars sold the software costs becomes a rounding error.
- mNovak 6y agoExcept when that software needs more than a microcontroller to run. The computers Tesla throws into the cars are not super cheap.
- fomine3 6y agoCar manufacturer tries to reduce penny costs for each parts literally. Good SoC/LCD are $$$. Meanwhile, software is costs at once so traditional car manufactures uses cheaper chip and force programmers to write efficient code.
- adwww 6y agoThe physical hardware might be a drop in the ocean on a $100,000 car, but the software engineering for all the features they enable cannot be cheap.