Tesla uses V6 engineering to improve cars

Create a new standard for electric vehicles
Tesla Motors has been working to change the global perception of electric vehicles. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Tesla Motors was founded by some Silicon Valley engineers in 2003 to prove that electric cars are not unattractive and because of certain constraints, their speed is slower than that of economical small cars. car. Actually, they can be cool.
The company confirmed this view when it created its first model, the Tesla Roadster, which came out in 2008. It is undoubtedly one of the most attractive racing cars on the road, and it has the outstanding performance that few electric cars have: 288 horsepower, 125 miles per hour * high speed, and * 0-60 can be achieved in four seconds. Acceleration. The sports car is currently sold in more than 30 countries around the world.
Tesla’s mission is to use electricity as a viable alternative to petroleum fuel in cars. The program has been successful as early as the company used its own electric vehicles to carry out the test, and also provided electric power systems for co-manufacturers including Daimler and Toyota.
Overcoming the challenges and difficulties in the initial stage
Like any newly formed company, Tesla Motors faces special challenges. It takes a lot of effort for the company to find suppliers in the automotive industry and achieve economies of scale that enable cars to have a cost-competitive advantage. In 2012, the company began to produce Tesla ModelS, the world’s first premium sedan based on a redesigned electric car. Tesla is expanding the production of ModelS to achieve more significant and higher production levels.
“Tesla Motors has almost always used DS products since its inception,” said Paul Lomangino, head of engineering tools at Tesla Motors. The designer uses SolidWorks and other tools to start the design of the Tesla sports car. When the model became more and more complex, Tesla switched to CATIA for 3D modeling and ICEMShapeDesign for A-level surfaces. With the continuous development of the company, the tools used by Tesla are constantly upgrading: from the previous data management tools (used to bring together team members within the entire company to collaborate together) to the current complex ENOVIAV6 collaboration platform. “SolidWorks and ENOVIASmarTeam have helped our company get started and are also vital to our success so far.” Lomangino said, “V6 manages all of our existing data and increasingly complex collaboration environments and products. Come and help us continue to develop on the basis of this success.”
V6 plays a central role in Tesla’s workflow
“V6PLM plays a central role in the way Tesla operates.” Lomangino said, “It provides a common language for our daily collaborative product development and production. It also helps us formulate reasonable program development rules and maintain a workflow. Organized.” Then, Lomangino also said that V6 involves almost all aspects of Tesla’s operations, from concept development to engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance and sales-to the extent that every employee in the company, even Tess All suppliers in the country can participate and provide more effective help.
Lomangino said that with the development of the Tesla Roadster, the importance of integrated PLM systems has gradually become apparent. When Tesla brought together parts developed with CAD tools, the review of procedures and designs would become a mess because of the format conversion between files. Engineers also need to spend a lot of time to ensure that no information is missed during the conversion process. Investing in checking damaged data often poses a threat to the company’s product quality assurance. Lomangino is determined to solve this problem in the future. “Quality is absolutely vital to Tesla.” He said.
V6 promises to expand collaboration and improve communication
“ENOVIAV6’s powerful functions to deal with the complexity of products and processes are very important for the company’s continuous development.” Lomangino emphasized, “Its use of common tools with different companies will also help us move forward greatly.”
By standardizing integrated DS solutions, including ENOVIAV6 for collaborative data management, CATIA for integrated product design, and DELMIA for digital manufacturing and production, Tesla no longer needs to perform data in the entire design process Conversion. ENOVIAV6-using CATIA and DELMIAV5 at the beginning, and planning to use the V6 version of these solutions in the future-to ensure that Tesla’s entire company can obtain correct and real-time data, whether it is from design to manufacturing, or from procurement to program management.
Tesla PLM support expert Jack Brown said that because V6 eliminates data conversion and other obstacles that hinder collaboration, various departments of the company can participate in the project earlier. Now, Tesla can promptly find the problems that need to be changed as early as possible in the development process, so as to avoid additional costs or delays in development time. “Getting manufacturing feedback is particularly critical, because we are manufacturing mass-produced cars.” Brown explained, “As the integration of these changes becomes more and more expensive, get all the departments involved earlier and start at the initial stage of product release. It is definitely better to get corresponding feedback than to get feedback after *.”
Expanded production scale for ModelS
Obtaining manufacturing feedback as early as possible in the manufacturing process can not only reduce the risk of cost overruns and errors, but also improve the manufacturability of parts. Especially when Tesla expands ModelS production scale (the production volume is much larger than Tesla Roadster), this becomes more important. Every time a company designs a new car, its manufacturability and cost competitiveness are becoming more and more important for gaining mass market acceptance for electric vehicles.
In the process of developing ModelS, the company used a lot of engineering operations that it used to develop the Tesla Roadster. This reduces project risk and accelerates product development, Lomangino said. ENOVIAV6 enables information sharing between company employees, which has never been done before.
Brown said that V6 can also further open up the collaboration process, enabling partner suppliers and even customers to participate in the development process. At that time, the collaboration and interactive communication brought about by the two DS solutions, 3DLive and 3DVIA, will become even more important for generating detailed views of new product development.
“We have been working hard for suppliers to have access to the system, so the truth about design in a secure environment will only have one source.” Brown said, “3DLIVE and 3DVIA help further open up the design process. You don’t need to be very A wealth of CAD knowledge can use them. It opens a whole paradigm for the review of virtual products.”
Low total cost of ownership, easy installation and activation
Before joining Tesla, Brown was a software consultant. He said that compared with other PLM products that he used before, the installation and activation of V6 is more time-saving and simple, and it can be directly converted into a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). ). One of the reasons is the “out of the box” feature of V6, which eliminates the need for users to customize software and saves unnecessary extra work when upgrading.
“My task is to always maintain the out-of-the-box features of the software, just like when it was first used.” Brown said, “But there is also an advantage of using ENOVIAV6, that is, it allows us to easily install and extend the software to make it Software with our own characteristics. We use this software to do the work that people outside the industry can’t do at all, and we can add these functions together. We haven’t customized the software, so we still It can be easily upgraded under the premise of catering to its own needs.”
Brown said that compared to the software packages he used before, V6 can be installed and activated faster and easier without customization. “I used to be mainly engaged in software installation and enablement support.” He said, “I added all the data and performed the operation and verification by myself. When we entered the production phase, the number of support staff increased to two.” He laughed Talking. Lomangino said that the integration of ENOVIA and CATIA with DELMIA (a DS solution for digital manufacturing and production) makes DELMIA the best choice for planning and simulating manufacturing equipment and processes when the Tesla factory produces ModelS.
“At Tesla Motors, we encourage employees to be as creative and efficient as possible.” Lomangino said, “Part of the powerful function of V6 is to enable everyone to participate in the product development process, thereby focusing attention Focus on innovation and improving work efficiency, rather than focusing on processes and tools.”
Create a new standard for electric vehicles
Tesla Motors has been working to change the global perception of electric vehicles. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Tesla Motors was founded by some Silicon Valley engineers in 2003 to prove that electric cars are not unattractive and because of certain constraints, their speed is slower than that of economical small cars. car. Actually, they can be cool.
The company confirmed this view when it created its first model, the Tesla Roadster, which came out in 2008. It is undoubtedly one of the most attractive racing cars on the road, and it has the outstanding performance that few electric cars have: 288 horsepower, 125 miles per hour * high speed, and * 0-60 can be achieved in four seconds. Acceleration. The sports car is currently sold in more than 30 countries around the world.
Tesla’s mission is to use electricity as a viable alternative to petroleum fuel in cars. The program has been successful as early as the company used its own electric vehicles to carry out the test, and also provided electric power systems for co-manufacturers including Daimler and Toyota.
Overcoming the challenges and difficulties in the initial stage
Like any newly formed company, Tesla Motors faces special challenges. It takes a lot of effort for the company to find suppliers in the automotive industry and achieve economies of scale that enable cars to have a cost-competitive advantage. In 2012, the company began to produce Tesla ModelS, the world’s first premium sedan based on a redesigned electric car. Tesla is expanding the production of ModelS to achieve more significant and higher production levels.
“Tesla Motors has almost always used DS products since its inception,” said Paul Lomangino, head of engineering tools at Tesla Motors. The designer uses SolidWorks and other tools to start the design of the Tesla sports car. When the model became more and more complex, Tesla switched to CATIA for 3D modeling and ICEMShapeDesign for A-level surfaces. With the continuous development of the company, the tools used by Tesla are constantly upgrading: from the previous data management tools (used to bring together team members within the entire company to collaborate together) to the current complex ENOVIAV6 collaboration platform. “SolidWorks and ENOVIASmarTeam have helped our company get started and are also vital to our success so far.” Lomangino said, “V6 manages all of our existing data and increasingly complex collaboration environments and products. Come and help us continue to develop on the basis of this success.”
V6 plays a central role in Tesla’s workflow
“V6PLM plays a central role in the way Tesla operates.” Lomangino said, “It provides a common language for our daily collaborative product development and production. It also helps us formulate reasonable program development rules and maintain a workflow. Organized.” Then, Lomangino also said that V6 involves almost all aspects of Tesla’s operations, from concept development to engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance and sales-to the extent that every employee in the company, even Tess All suppliers in the country can participate and provide more effective help.
Lomangino said that with the development of the Tesla Roadster, the importance of integrated PLM systems has gradually become apparent. When Tesla brought together parts developed with CAD tools, the review of procedures and designs would become a mess because of the format conversion between files. Engineers also need to spend a lot of time to ensure that no information is missed during the conversion process. Investing in checking damaged data often poses a threat to the company’s product quality assurance. Lomangino is determined to solve this problem in the future. “Quality is absolutely vital to Tesla.” He said.
V6 promises to expand collaboration and improve communication
“ENOVIAV6’s powerful functions to deal with the complexity of products and processes are very important for the company’s continuous development.” Lomangino emphasized, “Its use of common tools with different companies will also help us move forward greatly.”
By standardizing integrated DS solutions, including ENOVIAV6 for collaborative data management, CATIA for integrated product design, and DELMIA for digital manufacturing and production, Tesla no longer needs to perform data in the entire design process Conversion. ENOVIAV6-using CATIA and DELMIAV5 at the beginning, and planning to use the V6 version of these solutions in the future-to ensure that Tesla’s entire company can obtain correct and real-time data, whether it is from design to manufacturing, or from procurement to program management.
Tesla PLM support expert Jack Brown said that because V6 eliminates data conversion and other obstacles that hinder collaboration, various departments of the company can participate in the project earlier. Now, Tesla can promptly find the problems that need to be changed as early as possible in the development process, so as to avoid additional costs or delays in development time. “Getting manufacturing feedback is particularly critical, because we are manufacturing mass-produced cars.” Brown explained, “As the integration of these changes becomes more and more expensive, get all the departments involved earlier and start at the initial stage of product release. It is definitely better to get corresponding feedback than to get feedback after *.”
Expanded production scale for ModelS
Obtaining manufacturing feedback as early as possible in the manufacturing process can not only reduce the risk of cost overruns and errors, but also improve the manufacturability of parts. Especially when Tesla expands ModelS production scale (the production volume is much larger than Tesla Roadster), this becomes more important. Every time a company designs a new car, its manufacturability and cost competitiveness are becoming more and more important for gaining mass market acceptance for electric vehicles.
In the process of developing ModelS, the company used a lot of engineering operations that it used to develop the Tesla Roadster. This reduces project risk and accelerates product development, Lomangino said. ENOVIAV6 enables information sharing between company employees, which has never been done before.

　　Brown said that V6 can also further open up the collaboration process, enabling partner suppliers and even customers to participate in the development process. At that time, the collaboration and interactive communication brought about by the two DS solutions, 3DLive and 3DVIA, will become even more important for generating detailed views of new product development.
“We have been working hard for suppliers to have access to the system, so the truth about design in a secure environment will only have one source.” Brown said, “3DLIVE and 3DVIA help further open up the design process. You don’t need to be very A wealth of CAD knowledge can use them. It opens a whole paradigm for the review of virtual products.”
Low total cost of ownership, easy installation and activation
Before joining Tesla, Brown was a software consultant. He said that compared with other PLM products that he used before, the installation and activation of V6 is more time-saving and simple, and it can be directly converted into a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). ). One of the reasons is the “out of the box” feature of V6, which eliminates the need for users to customize software and saves unnecessary extra work when upgrading.
“My task is to always maintain the out-of-the-box features of the software, just like when it was first used.” Brown said, “But there is also an advantage of using ENOVIAV6, that is, it allows us to easily install and extend the software to make it Software with our own characteristics. We use this software to do the work that people outside the industry can’t do at all, and we can add these functions together. We haven’t customized the software, so we still It can be easily upgraded under the premise of catering to its own needs.”
Brown said that compared to the software packages he used before, V6 can be installed and activated faster and easier without customization. “I used to be mainly engaged in software installation and enablement support.” He said, “I added all the data and performed the operation and verification by myself. When we entered the production phase, the number of support staff increased to two.” He laughed Talking. Lomangino said that the integration of ENOVIA and CATIA with DELMIA (a DS solution for digital manufacturing and production) makes DELMIA the best choice for planning and simulating manufacturing equipment and processes when the Tesla factory produces ModelS.
“At Tesla Motors, we encourage employees to be as creative and efficient as possible.” Lomangino said, “Part of the powerful function of V6 is to enable everyone to participate in the product development process, thereby focusing attention Focus on innovation and improving work efficiency, rather than focusing on processes and tools.”