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Of course it is. We're just told differently until a leaker proves differently. Twenty years too late to do anything about it
And naturally of course you don't carry a cellphone with you while you drive...you know, that device with accelerometers, GPS and an LTE chip that you leave powered on all the time on your person?
As someone who works professionally on embedded software devices that update over the internet, car companies are stuck not because they can't get software talent, but because they have no ability to actually build the electronics alongside the software, which is ultimately what constrains embedded software. Without the right hardware, the constraints are just insurmountable, you can not do X feature because board A…
The Model S came out in 2012 so they’ve had well over a decade to catch up.
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Honking is a harmless replacement for solving disputes with handguns. You probably drove in low-stress environments.
There is a low-stress driving environment in Italy? Where's that? Milan is the only place I have ever been where reversing on the high way is a reasonable solution to missing an off-ramp.
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Some features I've found useful: * giving me the current fuel and battery levels in the app * giving me an ETA on when charging is finished * locating my car * telling me if the car has been sitting there for a few minutes with ignition off but doors unlocked, giving me the option to lock them remotely * telling me about open windows, giving me the option to close them remotely None of them is really crucial, but for…
> giving me the current fuel and battery levels in the app When is this actually useful? In the ~12 years I’ve been driving, I’ve never needed to know the fuel level of a car when I’m not in it. I guess maybe if I’m planning a road trip and need to know if I’m going to have to stop for gas before I leave? But I’ll figure that out when I get in to leave and I’m probably not leaving with > locating my car Again, never…
* charging stations have different powers
* charging time depends non-linearly on the remaining change
* ... and it's also temperature dependent (though only a little, with my plug-in hybrid)
I cannot plug in at home, but there's a public charging station around the corner, 3 minutes walk.
So I arrive there, plugin in, and the car gives me an estimation when charge might be finished. The initial estimate is sometimes off by up to 30 minutes (usually less). Sometimes I also forget the estimate, because I'm too busy with other things.
Getting a notification when the charge has finished, and an updated ETA on demand, is a notable QoL improvement.
It feels a bit similar to bluetooth headphones: I never complained about the cable before I switched to bluetooth. But now, I'd find it annoying to go back to cables.
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It's not a tracker. It activates during an accident, or via manual action. Hopefully those same people know what ANPR is and how does it affect them.
I can actually remove my number plate. One tool, five minutes, car still drives. And of course it's a tracker. It reports my location to a third party. There is no other definition for it. That it purportedly only does this during an "emergency" is not something I can verify nor trust.
But it seems like too much trouble, if I could even do it.
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> customers simply don't believe good interfaces are worth the money I guess I'm in the minority, then, but as a data point: I own a VW ID.4 and I'd pay significantly more to get software that isn't such a burning dumpster tire fire. And no, the excuses provided in this thread don't cut it. To be clear: it doesn't even annoy me anymore that the infotainment is slow and crappy, I've gotten used to it and I just never…
There are other competitors for that segment, even the Q4e on the same platform has better UI. People still buy the ID4 because it's not enough of a deciding factor.
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I'm getting IG videos in my feed for a company that sells after market fixes because older Teslas have such poorly designed electronics, that they fail in common ways. The memory goes bad because they write useless logs to a chip, and it eventually fails. End users are beta testing... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DINADISyP0f/
> The memory goes bad because they write useless logs to a chip, and it eventually fails. I worked for a $ ~billions revenue software storage vendor who had the exact same issue (excessive logging wearing out under-spec'd flash drives).
I looked into getting an aftermarket replacement for my sucky infotainment system; replace it with an Android tablet or something. But it seems like too much trouble, if I could even do it.
So I have serious thoughts about driving “software defined vehicles” in the future. I mean, and the article has confirmed this sufficiently, the core competence of the established car manufacturers is not software. I don't trust the newcomers like Tesla or the Chinese manufacturers for the time being. In my opinion, the same standards should apply to software in motor vehicles as in the aviation industry. And there c…
Just buy a car from the people, who dedicate their career/lives to making cars and have done so for decades. You aren't smarter then them. Your "serious thoughts" and "opinion" about what standards should apply are not yours to worry about.