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Until cars have connectors to automatically upgrade their software without requiring a vendor to do it, having the code to the software wouldn't help. Still, w
by statictype 17y ago
Until cars have connectors to automatically upgrade their software without requiring a vendor to do it, having the code to the software wouldn't help.
Still, would be pretty sweet to be able to mod the firmware to suit each driver's tendencies.
Side Question: Doesn't BWM allow\encourage tinkering with the firmware on their cars?
- Nelson69 17y agoWho has the liability when some one breaks in and puts bad code on the car that causes it to misbehave? The code could maybe cause it to not properly brake and cause a death or it could maybe alter the timings on the injectors and cause it to be less efficient or maybe even ware out more quickly. There has to be a certain allure to having a wifi chip in there and when you pull in to your garage at night, the car could install any updates to the ECU, the navi and any other systems that could need them, maybe sync against your itunes.. At the same time, it could send in some information about how it's performing, what maintenance has been done, etc.. It could almost be a profitable feature.
- statictype 17y ago>There has to be a certain allure to having a wifi chip in there Until some war-driving script-kiddie shows up and causes a buffer overflow in the driver and gets root on your car. :)
- brisance 17y agoYou must be thinking of a different BMW. The BMW I know of uses Bosch Motronic ECUs are encrypted.