Tesla releases rare blog post and it’s an interesting one: Standardizing Auto Connectivity

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Tesla has released a rare new blog post, and it’s an interesting one: Tesla is trying to standardize automotive connectivity and popularize a 48-volt architecture.

After successfully standardizing its charge connector (NACS), Tesla wants to repeat this success with all the other electrical connectors inside vehicles.

Tesla introduced a new 48-volt low-voltage electronic architecture in the Cybertruck, or a hybrid version of it, to be fair. The automaker designed new connectors for it, and it is now suggesting that these new connectors become a standard in the auto industry.

Tesla wrote in the blog post:

To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, we are simplifying the manufacturing process and electrical connectivity requirements for all our vehicles. This includes the implementation of our Low-Voltage Connector Standard (LVCS), which allows us to reduce the large number of connector types required to just 6. These 6 device connectors are designed to meet the power and signal requirements for over 90% of typical electrical device applications. This standardization unlocks further operational efficiencies, cost reductions and manufacturing automation.

Tesla shared this image of the 6 connectors that make the LVCS standard:

Tesla added about how LVCS was built on top of the Cybertruck’s electronic architecture:

LVCS expands upon the same 48V electronic architecture used for Cybertruck. It meets the requirement for increased spacing for 48V operation and is available in industry-standard light blue. The 48V architecture is the optimal long-term choice, requiring ¼ of the current to deliver the same amount of power. Designed to enable reliable autonomous vehicles, it utilizes robust single wire sealing and independent secondary locking mechanisms while minimizing the package size.

The automaker is now taking interest from device suppliers and vehicle manufacturers to make this standard happen.

Electrek’s Take

There would be obvious significant benefits to a wider standardization of automotive connectors ranging from cost to repair, but I don’t know whether Tesla’s actual specific proposal would be attractive to the rest of the industry. That’s a bit above my level of expertise.

But I wouldn’t bet against Tesla making it happen after the success it had with NACS.

However, the Supercharger network was a useful carrot to make automakers adopt NACS. I would assume that it would be a bit harder with this LVCS proposal.

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