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Today, according to media reports, some owners of Tesla reported that for the Model 3 and Model Y cars delivered by Tesla, there was no USB interface in the central control and rear rows of the vehicles, only to see the holes reserved for the vehicles, and wireless charging did not work. It is worth noting that another car owner commented on Musk's social platform that his high-performance version of Model Y Performance was delivered yesterday, but without the USB-C interface, the wireless charging function could not be used. He said Tesla was disappointed that he did not communicate the matter with him in advance. It is understood that the affected models involve Model 3 and Model Y two models.

Tesla also responded to the situation reflected by car owners: due to a shortage of parts, affected car owners can call to arrange a service reservation, and then reinstall the USB interface, which is expected in December. As for the USB-C port, Tesla said it had informed some of the affected owners.

In fact, in the context of the global chip shortage, Tesla is not the only one who delivers the model first and then reassembles the parts of the vehicle later. Earlier, ideal cars and Xiaopeng cars have been introduced, the first delivery of models that lack millimeter wave radar, followed by millimeter wave mines to reach the goods before reloading the new delivery program.

A few days ago, foreign media reported that due to the chip shortage, BMW has cancelled the touch screen function of some of its models, including 3-series and 4-series coupe / convertible / Gran Coupe (except i4), Z4 and X5, X6 and X7 SUV models, which also means that users can only operate the central control screen through voice recognition or iDrive controller. In addition, BMW said that because of a shortage of chips, BMW canceled the touchscreen functions of some models and gave away points worth $500. users can spend directly in the App of BMW phones.

In addition, many foreign car companies have also chosen different plans to deal with the impact of lack of core on vehicle delivery. in April this year, General Motors announced that it would no longer have fuel management modules in its 2021 new pick-up truck models. its price is also reduced accordingly. Peugeot canceled the LCD dashboard for the new generation of Peugeot 308, which went on sale at the end of May, and said it would use the saved chips on the new 3008 model. In early October, Mercedes-Benz announced that it would no longer guarantee full configuration for all new cars because of chip shortages.

Earlier, many people in the industry expected the problem of "core shortage" to be alleviated in the third quarter of this year, but according to the latest data from AutoForecastSolutions, as of October 31, due to a shortage of chips, the global automobile market has reduced production by a total of 9.803 million vehicles this year, of which the cumulative production reduction in China has reached 1.863 million, accounting for 19% of the total production reduction. AFS expects cumulative production cuts in the global car market to climb to 10.983 million this year. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the National passenger car Market Information Association, said that at present, many car companies have launched some "reduced" models to reduce their dependence on chips, reflecting a flexible attitude to respond to market changes. First to ensure the delivery of vehicles, not only let consumers mention cars as soon as possible, but also beneficial to the production and marketing order of car companies, and ensure a more stable operation of car companies.

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