Tesla engineering. Engineering Research Paper Assignment

Tesla Engineering
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Introduction and Background
Tesla focuses on the manufacture and advancement of electric cars, under the leadership of Elon Musk the Chief Executive. Tesla engineering is innovative and seeks to improve the company’s products to be more competitive and this requires research and development including in improving battery performance. The main products are electric sports cars, sedans as well as energy generation and storage systems, while the services are installation and maintenance and sale of solar electricity (SEC, 2020). There has been growth in the US electric vehicle market is growing partly because there is integration of advanced vehicle technology projects and the electric vehicle charging infrastructure market in the US. However, they have less maximum range and cost more than the conventional vehicles. This research project will provide an overview of Tesla engineering, their approach to innovation and the need to improve product quality.
Objectives and Research Questions
Tesla is innovative with the company’s leader and Tesla engineering department crucial to revolutionizing the electric vehicle market and transportation industry (Furr & Dyer, 2020)
The all-electric car company is competed with more established corporations such as Ford and General electric, as there is increased reliance on transportation software and emphasis on energy efficiency including reducing reliance on fossil fuels. At Tesla, the engineering staff identifies the technology constraints that need to be addressed to improve product development and eliminating such constraints enhances innovation as is the case with batteries. Tesla is a car and high-growth tech company.
Research Questions
The research is aimed at evaluating Tesla engineering and market for the electric vehicle makers, and how Tesla’s research and development has supported product development. Tesla uses a single integrated system unlike most vehicle manufacturers who rely on different software systems as Tesla engineering is intent on improving performance without using disparate components and systems. There are different drivers of the electric vehicles market including the technological factors, and analysis helps to understand how Tesla has influenced the growth of the market.
* How effective is Tesla engineering?
* Does smart grid implementation with electric technologies affect the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles?
* How do the emerging new technologies affect the electric vehicles market?
Literature Review
In a study by Tenhundfeld et al., (2019), the researchers focused on the autoparking feature of the Tesla Model X in human-automation interaction to understand the extent to which they intervened when there was autonomous driving. Distrust in autonomy decreased as the participants grow increasingly comfortable and familiar with the feature and they were less likely to monitor the auto parking feature. Increasingly drivers want car manufacturers to incorporate novel technology features in cars, but nothing that is complex that it distracts them and makes driving less enjoyable. Endsley (2017) also focused on the challenge...