For a long time, everyone has been on the sidelines about the introduction of the USB-C interface in the automotive industry, and only some models have USB-C interfaces. USB Type-C has made significant progress in the automotive field. The latest news, the US version of Tesla Model 3 will be officially With the USB-C interface as the standard configuration, Tesla is still the world's most watched and popular pure electric car, and among them, Model 3 sales account for a large part.
According to foreign media reports, the US version of Tesla Model 3 is quietly undergoing interior upgrades. In short, it includes four aspects:
1. Two USB-A ports in the rear row are changed to USB-C;
2. Change the driving position to USB-C interface;
3. The front passenger seat still maintains the USB-A interface;
4. New standard wireless charging board.
In fact, Tesla first added the USB-C and wireless charging pad features when it launched the Model Y, but last month’s Chinese-made Model 3 has begun to use it as a basic configuration and no longer requires a paid option. And now, the US version of the Model 3 at the Fremont factory in California has finally begun to follow up. From the trend of the technology industry, USB-C and wireless charging have gradually become basic standards, and Tesla's follow-up is just the right time.
This is certainly good news for consumers who plan to buy Model 3: after all, both wireless charging of mobile phones and USB-C charging interfaces can be said to be quite popular. In fact, thanks to the advantage of latecomers, domestic electric car brands, such as Weilai, have long added these options as vehicle options to their styles, but the changes made by Tesla this time are actually in existing car models. The update made directly above, as a benchmarking enterprise in the electric vehicle industry, will drive more car selections to adopt USB-C as standard equipment in the future. We will wait and see that USB-C will continue to lead the charging industry trend and will continue to develop Territory has more application scenarios and sectors that can be used.
Even though many smart phones are now designed and produced with Type-C interfaces, they are still not fully popularized in so many electronic products, and USB Type-C interfaces have not yet reached the unified interface standard. This also limits the application of the USB Type-C interface in in-vehicle electronic products to a certain extent, so many in-vehicle electronic charging products are still applied in the USB-A to USB Type-C data line interface standard design. Today's USB Type- The C interface connector adapter has become the standard trend of interface design, and the use of USB Type-C interface in car electronic products has the following 3 advantages:
1. Because the volume of the USB Type-C female socket is much smaller than the current USB-A female socket, we can make the volume of the car electronic products small. Through measurement and calculation, the volume of the USB Type-C female socket is less than one-fourth of the conventional USB-A female socket. In the case of the product design with the same power, the car charging product designed with the USB Type-C output interface is in appearance The aspect will appear more delicate and compact.
2. In the case of the same volume of electronic products, the on-board charging products designed with USB Type-C interface will save more internal space and facilitate the arrangement and connection of internal circuits and electronic components, thereby improving the performance of on-board electronic charging products. Output power to realize stress-free charging and data transmission for USB PD devices such as mobile phones and laptops.
3. Today's USB Type-C interface connector electronic products have become popular now, but the current USB Type-C interface car electronic product market is still in a blank stage, so the current stage of USB Type-C interface connector car The market prospects of charging products are very impressive. Now with the rise of new energy vehicles represented by Tesla, in-vehicle electronic products are also requiring USB Type-C interfaces to realize their potential application advantages.
