Car News Network reported ] Recently, Tesla US official website announced the official reading and restoring Tesla model EDR data. The full name of EDR is “Event Data Recorder”, which is mainly responsible for recording the vehicle’s dynamics and safety systems in the event of a collision or similar collision, so EDR can be seen as a “black box” of the vehicle, the user can pass Slasse published the relevant methods, read and restore EDR data, and more clearly understand the specific performance of the car in the accident.
Currently, Tesla models that support EDR data recovery include Model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y, but does not include ROADSTER produced between 2008 to 2012. Because the model is not equipped with an EDR device. 
According to the Tesla official website, if the user wants to read and restore EDR data, it is necessary to purchase a dedicated data cable and a USB-TO-CAN adapter and other related devices. Tesla has been launched by all hardware devices that need to be used, and users can purchase in the form of suits, with a price of $ 1200.
However, it is to be noted that the suit is currently sold only for North American users, and Tesla official will not be targeted EDR data interpretation of Tesla models outside the North America.
After having hardware, software is required. EDR recovery software can be downloaded free of charge in Tesla official website. After the software and hardware, the user can read the EDR data of the car with Windows computers and Tesla accounts.
Finally, the user can upload EDR data in Tesla official, and can get an EDR data report in “one minute”. At this point, the user gets the relevant data when the car is in the accident.
Editor Review
Helps users easier to get relevant data of their own vehicles, which is a good thing for users, and the progress of automotive manufacturers. . However, this set of Tesla is only open to North American users, while Tesla users in other regions of the world can not know. In addition, due to the production of “Tesla Wei Rights”, the Chinese market seems to be more urgently needed. 