Volvo Registered A Tesla Model Y In Sweden For Reverse Engineer?

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The white Model Y imported by Volvo is now available in Sweden. It seems that the Swedish automaker wants to understand how Model Y is structured and learn useful lessons. 

First Model Y in Sweden has just been registred, owned by Volvo Cars! 😅 We all know why 😉

1000kg as tow wheight, 1800kg on BE (driver’s license for heavy trailer)..... was hoping for minimum 200kg more... 😏 https://t.co/THjg12tkYn pic.twitter.com/2vYjzES13X

— Anders S ☀️🌬💧+🔋 🔜 🇸🇪👍🏻 (@AndersSoderqvis) July 10, 2020

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Source: car.info

Model Y will not enter the European market before Giga Berlin is built. Therefore, Volvo imported the car from the Tesla plant in California. We strongly doubt that the Swedish automaker purchased the car so that someone would just drive it, so reverse engineering is the most likely reason. In 2018, Volvo already bought a Model 3, which at that time was not available in Europe, for this purpose.

Reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge from the object.

There are many reasons for performing reverse engineering in various fields. Reverse engineering has its origins in the analysis of hardware for commercial or military advantage. However, the reverse engineering process, as such, is not concerned with creating a copy or changing the artifact in some way; it is only an analysis in order to deduce design features from products with little or no additional knowledge about the procedures involved in their original production.

Model Y demonstrates Tesla's continuous improvement. The strategy of the company is that they see their mistakes and immediately correct them, like a running change and keep going continuously. Sandy Munro, after finishing the teardown of Model Y, said the car should become a wake-up call for all automakers, no matter what they produce.

Tesla in Model Y has made incredible improvements in:

• Mega casting
• Weldings
• Heat pump
• Octovalve
• Battery
• Electric motor

A number of these improvements are already revolutionizing the automotive market and should serve as an example for other automakers. Apparently, Volvo is one of the first to seek valuable lessons from Tesla.