In fact, whether at home or abroad, there is always a problem that affects every family, that is, what car do I need to buy, or even how many cars should I buy? At present, the combination of pickup truck and station wagon is mostly used in Europe, and Kcar+MPV is mostly used in Japan. A large SUV is directly bought in China to cope with everything, but this is only a plan that will be done as much as possible. It is obviously not enough to achieve "all-round". But a few days ago, Tesla put forward a new concept: Tesla POD, which is refreshing.

Tesla's POD concept was designed by Portuguese designer Fabio? Martins was born in his master's thesis on design. According to his idea, he envisioned a multifunctional platform, equipped with lidar, radar, ultrasonic and optical sensors, with L5 autonomous driving capability. Of course, it looks similar to the concept cars released by all brands now. The most different place is that the configuration and function realization mentioned above are expressed on the "chassis" or platform, and the passenger compartment will be the same as the concept car.

Moreover, the design of this chassis is different from that of most models now. The front and rear symmetrical design and four-wheel motor can realize four-wheel steering. This design is obviously more suitable for urban areas with dense vehicles at present, and it also reduces the difficulty of operation. Of course, after all, L5 autopilot has been realized. Whether we need to operate it ourselves is another matter.

At present, it can be seen from these design drawings that Tesla pro will have at least three kinds of car shells that can adapt to this L5-class self-driving chassis, namely, family car shell module, multi-user MPV shell module and light truck shell module. Each module can complete different transportation tasks, that is, as mentioned at the beginning, if we only need to buy one chassis, the car shell can be used interchangeably. Then we don't need to worry about any car that can meet our daily needs at all. People can fully realize their various family needs by purchasing a chassis and multiple shell modules. This way of buying a car will definitely be more cost-effective than buying more cars directly, and there will definitely be more usage scenarios.

In addition, considering the car's front-rear symmetry and four-wheel steering, Bian Xiao can even imagine that it may have a greater impact on the transportation of large trucks. It is completely possible to use a large truck shell module with several such chassis, and the length and width can even be freely combined as needed, which breaks the current specifications of trucks, and basically makes full use of road resources, and basically does not have to worry about how to turn around.

If you think further, this concept can completely replace the current "business trip". After all, if the chassis model and specifications are the same, people only need to have their own "car shell" to rent this mobile chassis in the form of leasing. Theoretically, the cost will be much lower than the current mobile travel mode. It's just how to arrange these car shells when they are not in use, whether it is simple to install replacement equipment, how to manage license plates and so on. Should be a stumbling block to this concept. After all, even the unification of charging equipment can't be achieved 100% now, but the concept of opening the brain seems to be really feasible, and Tesla will never give up any innovation opportunities, so this product is actually possible.

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