演講日期 2026-11-03
演講時間 15:10-17:00
演講者 :Professor Charles Cuong Nguyen
服務單位
:美國天主教大學
演講題目
:特斯拉汽車的工作原理—動力系統和完全自動駕駛
演講地點
:共善樓 大講堂
:洪群彧、葉星豪


Date : 2026-11-03
Time : 15:10-17:00
Speaker : Professor Charles Cuong Nguyen
Affiliation : The Catholic University of America, U.S.A
Topic :  How a Tesla Car Works
Powertrain & Full Self-Driving
Place :  Lecture Theater, Virtuosi Hall


Abstract

This one-hour lecture explains how a Tesla works at a systems level. It begins with the simple power chain—battery, inverter, electric motor(s), and wheels—then expands into the battery pack (energy storage, structural role, and thermal management), propulsion (motors, inverters, regenerative braking), vehicle structure and charging, and a substantial section on Full Self-Driving. The FSD portion covers Tesla Vision (cameras and neural networks), why the company deliberately avoids LiDAR, how GPS is used and what happens when it is unavailable, the camera layout, the perception-to-control pipeline, training via fleet data, and the current supervised nature of the system. The lecture closes with software updates and five key takeaways. It is designed for a general educated audience and emphasizes both how the hardware works and how the software continues to improve after the car leaves the factory.