Toyota to Save $2.7 Billion/Year
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You can have a great product using not-so-superior materials. That is why I am concerned about Toyota engineering. Engineers are the ones that make inferior products/processes work better. For example, televisions are more plastic than ever, but they provide much more bang for the buck, with higher resolution and cost savings. I hope to see such correlations in the future...
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In theory this can save money AND increase reliability AND have no negative perceived quality/value implications. This is achieved by integrating numerous control functions into fewer ones. The typical car has more than a dozen processors in it, all kinds of connections, etc. Cars are slowly moving toward an electrically SIMPLER 'network' with fewer larger processing units. The upside is the aforementioned. The downside is outside warranty you can expect a humongous bill if one of these units breaks.
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In theory this can save money AND increase reliability AND have no negative perceived quality/value implications. This is achieved by integrating numerous control functions into fewer ones. The typical car has more than a dozen processors in it, all kinds of connections, etc. Cars are slowly moving toward an electrically SIMPLER 'network' with fewer larger processing units. The upside is the aforementioned. The downside is outside warranty you can expect a humongous bill if one of these units breaks.
I do hope as those above has stated, quality IS NOT sacrificed in the process.
At that point, why buy a Toyota, if its not reliable? THey would have a big issue.
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what they mean is use same electronics for window switches for example... right now most cars use different modules even though as they function the same.
now do 500 parts like that per car and it amounts to signifcant savings. It really has nothing to do with platforms or interiors and things like that.
now do 500 parts like that per car and it amounts to signifcant savings. It really has nothing to do with platforms or interiors and things like that.
I think the new Highlander is the first vehicle under VI?
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